
Affect and Emotion
A New Social Science Understanding
Margaret Wetherell(Author)
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-85702-857-0 (ISBN)
Description
"Absolutely essential reading for those wanting to understand the recent 'turn' to affect. Offering an extensive analysis of all the perspectives available, including the psycho, neuro, bio and social, Margie Wetherell treads a magisterial path through the radically different offerings, one that illuminates key ideas and will save the uninitiated wandering down many pointless avenues. A path-setting book."
- Professor Beverley Skeggs, Goldsmiths
In recent years there has been a huge surge of interest in affect and emotion. Scholars want to discover how people are moved, and understand embodied social action, feelings and passions. How do social formations 'grab' people? How do roller coasters of contempt, patriotism, hate and euphoria power public life?
A new social science understanding of affect and emotion is long overdue and Margaret Wetherell's voice is timely, providing a coherent and pragmatic text. It will be invaluable reading for those interested in this fascinating field across the social and behavioural sciences.
- Professor Beverley Skeggs, Goldsmiths
In recent years there has been a huge surge of interest in affect and emotion. Scholars want to discover how people are moved, and understand embodied social action, feelings and passions. How do social formations 'grab' people? How do roller coasters of contempt, patriotism, hate and euphoria power public life?
A new social science understanding of affect and emotion is long overdue and Margaret Wetherell's voice is timely, providing a coherent and pragmatic text. It will be invaluable reading for those interested in this fascinating field across the social and behavioural sciences.
Reviews / Votes
Absolutely essential reading for those wanting to understand the recent 'turn' to affect. Offering an extensive analysis of all the perspectives available, including the psycho, neuro, bio and social, Margie Wetherell treads a magisterial path through the radically different offerings, one that illuminates key ideas and will save the uninitiated wandering down many pointless avenues. A path-setting book. -- Professor Beverley Skeggs Engagingly well written and using up-to-the-minute research, this book will be indispensible for those who want a comprehensive overview of 'where we are now' in research on emotions. But more than this, by developing an original model of 'affective practices', which focuses on the affective assemblages operating in concrete situations, it suggests a way forward that will prove inspirational for new research in this field. -- Ian Burkitt The book is a valuable addition not only to the study of affect and emotion, but also to the rest of social science research. Emphasizing the importance of social interaction, it embarks on an ambitious debate on the subject. Readers already familiar with the field will get the most out of this title. -- Marjo Kolehmainen This important book is a brilliant corrective to some of the careless, poorly psychologically informed work on affect. It is essential reading for all those seriously interested in the topic. -- Valerie WalkerdineMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
342 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85702-857-0 (9780857028570)
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Margaret Wetherell is Professor of Social Psychology at the Open University, UK and Director of the Economic and Social Research Council Programme on Identities and Social Action.
Content
Chapter 1: Introducing Affect: Lines of Argument
Chapter 2: Bodying Affect: Affective Flows and Their Psychobiological Figuring
Chapter 3: Negotiating Affect: Discourse, Representation and Affective Meaning-Making
Chapter 4: Situating Affect: Interaction, Accountability and the Present Moment
Chapter 5: Solidifying Affect: Structures of Feeling, Habitus and Emotional Capital
Chapter 6: Personalising Affect: Relational Histories, Subjectivities and the Psychosocial
Chapter 7: Circulating Affect: Waves of Feeling, Contagion and Affective Transmission
Chapter 2: Bodying Affect: Affective Flows and Their Psychobiological Figuring
Chapter 3: Negotiating Affect: Discourse, Representation and Affective Meaning-Making
Chapter 4: Situating Affect: Interaction, Accountability and the Present Moment
Chapter 5: Solidifying Affect: Structures of Feeling, Habitus and Emotional Capital
Chapter 6: Personalising Affect: Relational Histories, Subjectivities and the Psychosocial
Chapter 7: Circulating Affect: Waves of Feeling, Contagion and Affective Transmission