Emotions in Crisis

Youth and Social Change in Spain

Nina Margies

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781529235043
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychologie
• Subtopic: Émotions en psychologie

We usually speak of crisis in numbers: decline in purchasing power, rise in unemployment rates or decreasing levels of life satisfaction. But what do people feel when their supposed securities for their futures crumble?

The stories of the young adults after the 2008 economic crisis in Spain provide us with answers. This book shows how their loss of future prospects led to feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, frustration and resentment, and how they dealt with these emotions.

Combining the sociology of emotions with Bourdieu's practice theory, Emotions in Crisis analyses the impact of structural changes in society on individual and collective emotions. It shows that adapting to such changes involves 'emotion work' and highlights the different forms this work can take.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Emotions, Structure and Agency
• Part I Feeling Hysteresis
• Part II Interpreting and Dealing with Emotions of Hysteresis
• Part III (Re)Positioning in the Face of Change
• Conclusion
• Appendix: The Research
• Notes
• References
• Index