ABSTRACT

This volume explores the emotions that are intricately woven into the texture of everyday life and experience. A contribution to the literature on the sociology of emotions, it focuses on the role of emotions as being integral to daily life, broadening our understanding by examining both ‘core’ emotions and those that are often overlooked or omitted from more conventional studies. Bringing together theoretical and empirical studies from scholars across a range of subjects, including sociology, psychology, cultural studies, history, politics and cognitive science, this international collection centres on the ‘everyday-ness’ of emotional experience.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

Emotions, Emotions, Everywhere Emotions!

chapter 1|14 pages

Trust

What is it and why do we need it?

chapter 2|15 pages

Loyalty

The emotion of future expectation, felt now, based on the past

chapter 3|14 pages

Dignity

An exploration of dignity’s role and meaning in daily life

chapter 4|15 pages

Compassion

Conflicted social feeling and the calling to care

chapter 5|17 pages

Courage

It’s not all about overcoming fear

chapter 6|16 pages

Excitement

Risk and authentic emotion

chapter 7|22 pages

Embarrassment

Experiencing awkward self-awareness in everyday life

chapter 8|16 pages

Shyness

Self-consciously perceived relative social incompetence

chapter 9|15 pages

Envy

Hostility towards superiors

chapter 10|19 pages

Guilt

What’s so good about feeling bad about yourself?

chapter 11|15 pages

Anger

An emotion of intent and of desire for change in relationships‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

chapter 12|18 pages

Grief

The painfulness of permanent human absence

chapter 13|16 pages

Boredom

Emptiness in the modern world

chapter 14|18 pages

Laziness

From medieval sin to late modern social pathology