Emotions in the Classics of Sociology

<p><em>The Emotions in the Classics of Sociology</em> stands as an innovative sociological research that introduces the study of emotions through a detailed examination of the theories and concepts of the classical authors of discipline.</p><p>Sociology plays a crucial role emphasizing how much emotional expressions affect social dynamics, thus focusing on the ways in which subjects show (or decide to show) a specific emotional behaviour based on the social and historical context in which they act. This book focuses the attention on the individual emotions that are theorized and studied as forms of communication between subjects as well as magnifying glasses to understand the processes of change in the communities. This volume, therefore, guides the readers through an in-depth overview of the main turning points in the social theory of the classical authors of sociology highlighting the constant interaction between emotional, social and cultural elements. Thus, demonstrating how the attention of the emotional way of acting of the single subject was already present in the classics of the discipline.</p><p>The book is suitable for an audience of undergraduate, postgraduate students and researchers in sociology, sociology of emotions, sociology of culture, social theory and other related fields.</p> <p>Introduction </p><p>1. Harriett Martineau </p><p>2. Karl Marx </p><p>3. Gabriel Tarde </p><p>4. Émile Durkheim </p><p>5. Max Weber </p><p>6. Georg Simmel </p><p>7. Vilfredo Pareto </p><p>8. Charles Horton Cooley </p><p>9. George Herbert Mead </p><p>10. Norbert Elias </p><p>11. Ibn Khaldun </p>