Analyzing Affective Societies

<p>In recent years research in the social sciences and cultural studies has increasingly paid attention to the generative power of emotions and affects; that is to the questions of how far they shape social and cultural processes while being simultaneously shaped by them. However the literature on the methodological implications of researching affects and emotions remains rather limited.</p><p></p><p>As a collective outcome of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) <i>Affective Societies </i>at Freie Universität Berlin <i>Analyzing Affective Societies </i>introduces procedures and methodologies applied by researchers of the CRC for investigating societies as affective societies. Presenting scholarly research practices by means of concrete examples and case studies the book does not contain any conclusive methodological advice but rather engages in illustrative descriptions of the authors’ research practices.</p><p>Analyzing Affective Societies unveils different research approaches procedures and practices of a variety of disciplines from the humanities arts and social sciences. It will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Qualitative Research Methods Emotions Affect Cultural Studies and Social Sciences.</p>