Emotions and Social Relations
- Ian Burkitt - University of Bradford, UK
Social Psychology
- John Cromby, Loughborough University
"A lucid, engaging, and thoroughly insightful review of current social scientific thinking on emotions in social life by a leading scholar in the field... The book is sure to become essential reading for both students and researchers interested in emotion"
- Jason Hughes, University of Leicester
"A masterful exposition of the links between emotions and social relations... Empirically rich and theoretically deep, this is a highly readable book.
- Svend Brinkmann, University of Aalborg
This book is a compelling and timely addition to the study of emotions, arguing that emotion is a response to the way in which people are embedded in patterns of relationship, both to others and to significant social and political events or situations. Going beyond the traditional discursive understanding of emotions, Burkitt investigates emotions as a complex and dynamic phenomenon that includes the whole self, body and mind, but which always occur in relation to others.
This is a wonderful book and one I will reference going forward. I will direct my students to read it in relation to subjectivity
We have a subject Motivation and Emotion. This book matches pretty well out program
The book is too complex for the requirements of the course as a text for students but was an excellent text as background reading for planning.
This is an in-depth, insightful and thorough examination of emotions. Students in sociology, cultural studies and social sciences in general who are interested in emotions will find it highly helpful.
This will be a useful book to help students to reflect upon their own, as well as their colleagues' emotions and social relations and how these impact upon and influence the work culture and performance.
Really well written and provides excellent discussion for undertaking research in this area.
