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Author:   Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781138633339

ISBN 10:   113863333
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   26 July 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Foreword and Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction: Emotions, Emotions, Everywhere Emotions! - On Emotions, Everyday Life and Sociology (Michael Hviid Jacobsen) 1. Trust - What Is It and Why Do We Need It? (Paul R. Ward) 2. Loyalty - The Emotion of Future Expectation, Felt Now, Based on the Past (James M.) Connor 3. Dignity - An Exploration of Dignity’s Role and Meaning in Daily Life (Barbara A. Misztal) 4. Compassion - Conflicted Social Feeling and the Calling to Care (Iain Wilkinson) 5. Courage - It’s Not All About Overcoming Fear (Amir B. Marvasti) 6. Excitement - Risk and Authentic Emotion (Stephen Lyng) 7. Embarrassment - Experiencing Awkward Self-Awareness in Everyday Life (Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Søren Kristiansen) 8. Shyness - Self-Consciously Perceived Relative Social Incompetence (Susie Scott) 9. Envy - Hostility Towards Superiors (Gordon Clanton) 10. Guilt - What’s So Good about Feeling Bad about Yourself? (Vessela Misheva) 11. Anger - An Emotion of Intent and of Desire for Change in Relationships‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ (Keith Oatley and Jennifer M. Jenkins) 12. Grief - The Painfulness of Permanent Human Absence (Anders Petersen and Michael Hviid Jacobsen) 13. Boredom - Emptiness in the Modern World (Patrick Gamsby) 14. Laziness - From Medieval Sin to Late Modern Social Pathology (Michael Hviid Jacobsen) Index

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Michael Hviid Jacobsen is Professor of Sociology in 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 and Liquid Criminology.

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