Dark Emotions
Difficult Emotional Experiences in Social and Everyday Life
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Dark Emotions is a book about a range of emotional experiences that are often regarded or characterized as 'negative', 'disturbing' or 'dark' as contrasted with emotions that are 'positive', 'pleasant' or 'light'.
Each chapter in the book is devoted to introducing different 'dark emotions' such as disappointment, betrayal, worry, regret, resentment and alienation and seeks to show – through conceptual, theoretical and empirical examples – how these emotions influence peoples' lives and their relations to self, others and society. The book thus provides an overview of some dark emotions that are recognizable in our everyday lives and culture. It contains accessible introductions and relevant theoretical and empirical research on 12 different kinds of 'dark emotions'. The chapters are highly useful for teaching sessions and research contexts. Additionally, they provide extensive lists of references for further reading.
The book will be particularly useful for students or scholars with an interest in emotion research or related areas, and the book may inspire further investigation of the often- overlooked emotions presented in this volume.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The darkness within and without – Exploring dark emotions in contemporary culture and everyday life
- 1 Disappointment: When things turn out wrong or worse than wanted
- 2 Regret: In the crossroads of responsibility, possibilities and agency
- 3 Worry: Friend or foe?
- 4 Vulnerability: A restricting and enabling emotion
- 5 Resentment: A complex sociomoral and political emotion
- 6 Hate: A social functional theory of group-based hate
- 7 Betrayal: Towards a sociology of treachery
- 8 Panic: Fight or flight in a culture of fear?
- 9 Paranoia: From a personality disorder to a sociological phenomenon
- 10 Melancholy: What is it and what is it good for?
- 11 Apathy: Is a lack of feeling our default condition?
- 12 Alienation: From classical to contemporary critical perspectives
- Index