Social Economies of Fear and Desire [electronic resource] : Emotional Regulation, Emotion Management, and Embodied Autonomy /
Nicol, V.author.
All behaviours, indeed all forms of agency, are viewed as emotionally-driven. This book provides an approach to emotional experience and agency which drastically nuances the commonly held view that fear has predominantly irrational, morally, or ideologically suspect effects which thwart the exercise of autonomy.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Embodied in/capacity theory -- pt. 2. Analyzing emotional interaction -- pt. 3. Analyzing autonomous selves.
All behaviours, indeed all forms of agency, are viewed as emotionally-driven. This book provides an approach to emotional experience and agency which drastically nuances the commonly held view that fear has predominantly irrational, morally, or ideologically suspect effects which thwart the exercise of autonomy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Social medicine.
Human body—Social aspects.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Communication.
Social Theory.
Medical Sociology.
Sociology of the Body.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sociology, general.
Media Studies.