30216
Hauptseminar
Emotions and Social Class
Elgen Sauerborn
Kommentar
Emotions are deeply embedded in social structures and shape the way people experience and transcend class affiliation and boundaries. They play a crucial role in reinforcing, contesting and transforming social hierarchies and class structures.
This course addresses the relationship between social inequality, class and emotions and examines how structural inequalities both shape and are shaped by emotions. Drawing on theoretical and empirical insights, primarily from the sociology of emotions, we will explore how class and emotions interact. The course is structured in two parts. In the first part, we will discuss classical and contemporary perspectives from the sociology of emotions, with a focus on the emotional dimensions of social inequality and class. Topics include emotional labor, the socialization of emotions across class boundaries, class-specific emotional norms and rules, and the political economy of emotions. The second part examines recent empirical studies that shed light on the role of emotions in various social contexts, such as class resentment, poverty, precarious work, social mobility, and the emotional dynamics within groups such as economic elites.
Through these discussions, students develop a nuanced understanding of the interplay between class and emotions. The course provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing how emotions influence and are influenced by broader social structures.
This is a joint seminar co-taught with Marci Cottingham, PhD, from Kenyon College, Ohio Schließen
This course addresses the relationship between social inequality, class and emotions and examines how structural inequalities both shape and are shaped by emotions. Drawing on theoretical and empirical insights, primarily from the sociology of emotions, we will explore how class and emotions interact. The course is structured in two parts. In the first part, we will discuss classical and contemporary perspectives from the sociology of emotions, with a focus on the emotional dimensions of social inequality and class. Topics include emotional labor, the socialization of emotions across class boundaries, class-specific emotional norms and rules, and the political economy of emotions. The second part examines recent empirical studies that shed light on the role of emotions in various social contexts, such as class resentment, poverty, precarious work, social mobility, and the emotional dynamics within groups such as economic elites.
Through these discussions, students develop a nuanced understanding of the interplay between class and emotions. The course provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing how emotions influence and are influenced by broader social structures.
This is a joint seminar co-taught with Marci Cottingham, PhD, from Kenyon College, Ohio Schließen
14 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Di, 15.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 22.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 29.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 06.05.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 13.05.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 20.05.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 27.05.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 03.06.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 10.06.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 17.06.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 24.06.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 01.07.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 08.07.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 15.07.2025 10:00 - 12:00