Emotions in Culture and Everyday Life Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Explorations

This volume describes and analyses a series of emotions prevalent in everyday life and culture, with each chapter exploring the main facets of a particular emotion and considering the ways in which it manifests itself in and informs our culture and lives. Considering our expression, conception, management and sanctioning of emotions, and the ways in which these have changed over time, as well as the ways in which we can theorise particular emotional states, authors ask how certain emotions are linked to culture and society and what roles they play in politics and contemporary life. With examples and case studies taken from research into media, culture and social life, Emotions in Culture and Everyday Life will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, psychology, media and cultural studies and philosophy with interests in the emotions.

Introduction– welcome to the world of emotions: emotions in culture and everyday life MICHAEL HVIID JACOBSEN 1 Love: why romantic love matters in uncertain times JULIA CARTER 2 Pride: feeling good about myself because of you, because of us ALBA MONTES SÁNCHEZ AND ALESSANDRO SALICE 3 Shame: situations and enduring presence GRAHAM SCAMBLER 4 Self-blame: the torments of internalised guilt, regret, shame and blame MICHAEL HVIID JACOBSEN AND ANDERS PETERSEN 5 Loneliness: the decline of cultural and everyday sources of belonging in contemporary societies ADRIAN S. FRANKLIN 6 Sadness: feeling, display and management in everyday life SARAH GOODRUM 7 Depression: emotion and (or) dis-connection in late modern society BERT VAN DEN BERGH AND ANDERS PETERSEN 8 Anxiety: fear and worry in the modern mind JASON S. SCHNITTKER 9 Fear: a recent history GEOFFREY R. SKOLL 10 Contempt: the emotional rejection of those who are beneath our standards AGNETA FISCHER, IRA J. ROSEMAN AND ROGER GINER-SOROLLA 11 Indignation: immoral shocks, moral actions KRISTEN L. MILLER AND JAMES M. JASPER 12 Nostalgia: an essentially contested emotion KRYSTINE I. BATCHO AND MICHAEL HVIID JACOBSEN 13 Hope: fortitude or folly in the odyssey of sociology? IAIN WILKINSON 14 Ambivalence: exploring a mixed emotion MICHAEL HVIID JACOBSEN

Michael Hviid Jacobsen is Professor of Sociologyat the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University, Denmark. His research is concerned with topics such as crime, utopia, ethics, death and dying, palliative care, qualitative methods and social theory. His recent publications include Beyond Bauman, Postmortal Society, The Interactionist Imagination, The Age of Spectacular Death and Emotions, Everyday Life and Sociology.