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The study of emotion tends to breach traditional academic boundaries and binary lingustics. It requires multi-modal perspectives and the suspension of dualistic conventions to appreciate its complexity.
This book analyses historical, philosophical, psychological, biological, sociological, post-structural, and technological perspectives of emotion that it argues are important for a viable social psychology of emotion. It begins with early ancient philosophical conceptualisations of pathos and ends with analytical discussions of the transmission of affect which permeate the digital revolution.
It is essential reading for upper level students and researchers of emotion in psychology, sociology, psychosocial studies and across the social sciences.
The study of emotion tends to breach traditional academic boundaries and binary lingustics. It requires multi-modal perspectives and the suspension of dualistic conventions to appreciate its complexity.
This book analyses historical, philosophical, psychological, biological, sociological, post-structural, and technological perspectives of emotion that it argues are important for a viable social psychology of emotion. It begins with early ancient philosophical conceptualisations of pathos and ends with analytical discussions of the transmission of affect which permeate the digital revolution.
It is essential reading for upper level students and researchers of emotion in psychology, sociology, psychosocial studies and across the social sciences.
Chapter 1: Two Ancient Theories of Emotion: Plato and Aristotle
Chapter 2: Hellenistic and Medieval Theologies of Emotion
Chapter 3: Enlightenment Philosophies of Emotion
Chapter 4: The Role of Emotion in the Development of Social
Psychology as a Discipline
Chapter 5: Group Psychology and Emotion
Chapter 6: Biological Understandings of Emotion
Chapter 7: Sociological Understandings of Emotion
Chapter 8: Emotion Talk: Theories and Analysis
Chapter 9: Affect Theory: Post-Structuralist Accounts
Chapter 10: Digital Emotion
Conclusion
This impressive book is simultaneously erudite, comprehensive and
accessible. Ellis & Tucker place the social psychology of emotion
in its historical context, whilst also providing an introduction to
some of the contemporary social scientific work associated with the
‘affective turn’. In so doing they draw out the sometimes
unexpected continuities, discontinuities and uncertainties that
have characterised this field, whilst clearly demonstrating the
continual relevance of emotional phenomena to social psychology.
With clear aims for each chapter and suggestions for further
reading throughout, this book should be a valuable resource for
students and researchers alike.
*John Cromby*
This is a wide-ranging account of key conceptualisations of emotion
which spans contributions from a range of disciplines. The authors
explore the complexities of debates involved in
social-psychological accounts of emotion. The book concludes with a
consideration of the status of emotion in the digital age.
*Jason Hughes*
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