Our Emotions and Culture - How Modern Life Changes Us

In the current global social landscape, emotions have become important in people's lives. Doyle McCarthy, in Culture and Our Emotions, explains in highly accessible terms how this came about and how our lives have been changed in the process.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction: On Individualism and Emotions; 2. What Is Modernity? How the Modern World Shaped Our Emotions?; 3. Emotional Cultures: Understanding the Concept; 4. The Authenticity of Emotions Today; 5. Today's Emotional Pursuits and Their Markets; 6. Concluding Thoughts: Studying Emotions as Culture; Sources and Further Readings; Index

About the author

Doyle McCarthy is professor emerita of sociology and American studies at Fordham University, New York. Her areas of research and writing include social theories of modernity, sociology of knowledge and emotion studies.

Summary

In the current global social landscape, emotions have become important in people’s lives. Doyle McCarthy, in Culture and Our Emotions, explains in highly accessible terms how this came about and how our lives have been changed in the process.

Product details

• Authors: E Doyle McCarthy, E. Doyle Mccarthy
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781839980763
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-076-3
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology; Anthem Studies in the Political Sociology of Democracy; Anthem Studies in the Politica
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Esoterics: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Mind, Body, Spirit, Social and cultural anthropology, its politics and its mass media