Emotions in Sociology: A Critique of Therapy Culture and the Role of Emotions in Research, Slides of Sociology

Download Emotions in Sociology: A Critique of Therapy Culture and the Role of Emotions in Research and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Emotional Culture docsity.com  Criticisms of The Managed Heart  Applications – Furedi’s Therapy Culture (2004)  Omissions from the sociology of the emotions – Including the emotions of research Lecture Outline docsity.com  Increasing importance of emotional displays in public life – Transformation of political ‘styles’ – Criticism of public emotional restraint  Corresponding suspicion of emotions expressed in private – Privacy itself construed as dangerous – Intimate relationships potentially undermine self-interests – Any connection beyond the self risks ‘addiction’ Therapy Culture (Furedi 2004) docsity.com  The self is defined as vulnerable – New categories of emotional illness – Extension of categories/diagnoses  People increasingly explain their experiences in terms of illness  Linked to broader understandings of personhood, potential and weakness – These inform our efforts to make sense of our lives Therapy Culture (Furedi 2004) docsity.com  Focus on women’s experiences  Ignores intersections of gender, race and class  Attention paid only to the emotions of the researched – Existing methodological discussions focus on ‘controlling’ emotions – But emotions are central to data collection and analysis Sociology and the Emotions docsity.com Emotions in research •Examples of: – Distress based on similarities of experience – Emotional reactions to efforts at restraint – Anger at attitudes or perceptions – Discomfort with manipulative aspects of the research ‘relationship’ docsity.com Emotions in research •Emotions inform interpretation •They also serve as data •Emotionality shapes relationships/ interactions with respondents •Reactions generate new insights and areas of inquiry docsity.com