Title: Social theory and emotion: sociological excursions
Abstract: Purpose Using the distinction between “private problems” and “public issues” derived from Mill's “sociological imagination”, this paper aims to assess how diverse social theory approaches problematise and define the ways in which social life is shaped and organised with regard to “emotions”. Design/methodology/approach The paper's approach is theoretical and novel in the interpretation of an under‐development theme in social theory, namely, that of emotion. Findings The paper found, on viewing differing sociological approaches, how emotion shifts the focus of our attention away from the idea of individual, private worlds of emotion to the wider context of social relations and the way in which language is used with power to identify subject positions. Research limitations/implications This is a general literature. Originality/value This is an original paper as it is the first time diverse sociological theories have been pulled together to evince an understanding of what we understand by the concept, experience and symbol of “emotion”.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-09-05
Language: en
Type: article
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