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Social Economies of Fear and Desire : Emotional Regulation, Emotion Management, and Embodied Autonomy /

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All behaviours, indeed all forms of agency, are viewed as emotionally-driven. This book provides an approach to emotional experience and agency which drastically nuances the commonly held view that fear has predominantly irrational, morally, or ideologically suspect effects which thwart the exercise...

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Main Author: Courville Nicol, Valérie de (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Media Studies.
Medical Sociology.
Social Theory.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sociology of the Body.
Sociology, general.
Communication.
Human body > Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Sports > Sociological aspects.
Electronic books.
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Summary:All behaviours, indeed all forms of agency, are viewed as emotionally-driven. This book provides an approach to emotional experience and agency which drastically nuances the commonly held view that fear has predominantly irrational, morally, or ideologically suspect effects which thwart the exercise of autonomy.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9781137010377
DOI:10.1057/9781137010377