Emotions--fleeting, insubstantial, changeable, and
ambiguous--seem to defy study and analysis. Nothing is more
complex, mysterious, and subject to conflicting theories and
interpretations than human emotion. Yet the central importance of
emotion in human affairs is undeniable. Emotions affect all levels
of life--personal, organizational, political, cultural, economic,
and religious. Emotions give meaning to life. Emotional
disturbances can destroy that meaning.
How should emotions be studied? How can an understanding of the
inner feelings of individuals illuminate important social
interactions and human developments? In his book, Norman Denzin
presents a systematic, in-depth analysis of emotion that combines
new theoretical advances with practical applications. Based on an
intensive, critical examination of classical and modern theoretical
research--and on revealing personal interviews in which ordinary
people express their emotional lives--he builds a new framework for
understanding ordinary emotions and emotional disturbances.
Denzin analyzes how people experience joy and pain, love and
hate, anger and despair, friendship and alienation--and examines
the personal, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of human
emotion to provide new perspectives for understanding human
experience and social interactions. He offers new insights on the
role of emotions in family violence and recommends ways of helping
people escape from recurring patterns of violence. And in
criticizing current conceptions of emotionally disturbed people, he
reveals the nature of their inner lives and the ways they perceive
and relate to others. In sum, this book presents new insights on
human relationships and human experience. It is now available in
paperback for the first time, with a new introduction by the
author.
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