Most research on social movements has ignored the significance of emotions. This edited volume seeks to redress this oversight and introduces new research themes and tools to the field of emotions and social movements. Sociologists and political activists around the world will find this volume to be of great interest due to its wide-ranging approach and its unique emphasis on the role of emotion in protest, dissent and social movements.
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Addressing issues of emotion in social movements, this internationally oriented volume will appeal to both sociologists and political activists given its broad approach and unique emphasis on emotions in protest, dissent and social movements.
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1. Emotions Map 2. How Social Movements Move 3. Breaching Events and the Emotional Reactions of the By-standing Public 4. Emotional Events and the Transformation of Collective Action 5. The Problem of Emotion in Care 6. Mobilization & Moral Shock 7. Practices of Emotional Reflexivity 8. The Emotional Significance of Solidarity 9. The Entanglement of Shame 10. Conclusion
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ISBN
9780415363167
Publisert
2005-06-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
480 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
208

Biographical note

Helena Flam is is Professor of Professor of Sociology at Leipzig University. In addition to initiating a Network on Emotions with the European Sociological Association, she has held posts at the Max Planck Institute for Social Research and the University of Konstanz.

Debra King is Lecturer in Sociology at Flinders University, Australia. She has served as the learning adviser for Research Education at the University of South Australia and is on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Sociology.