Emotions
Emotions
- Author
- Eduardo Bericat University of Seville, Spain
- DOI
- 10.1177/205684601361
abstract The emotions that human beings experience play a fundamental role in all social phenomena. As a result, sociology needs to incorporate the analysis of emotions into its objects of study. This process began three decades ago with the birth of the sociology of emotions. This article offers an introductory and critical overview of the work sociologists of emotions have carried out so far.