Dystopian Emotions

Dystopian Emotions
Author: Jordan Mckenzie
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2021-12-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1529214556

As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety. This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times. Combining numerous empirical studies and theoretical developments from around the world, the diverse contributors explore how dystopian visions of the future influence, and are influenced by, the emotions of an anxious and precarious present. This is an original investigation into the changing landscape of emotion in dark and uncertain times.

Dystopian Emotions

Dystopian Emotions
Author: Jordan Mckenzie
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2021-12-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1529214548

This edited collection offers an original investigation of into the changing landscape of emotion in dark and uncertain times. Challenging the assumption that emotional experiences are purely personal, the authors showcase how they relate to cultural, economic and political conditions.

New Perspectives on Dystopian Fiction in Literature and Other Media

New Perspectives on Dystopian Fiction in Literature and Other Media
Author: Saija Isomaa
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2020-08-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 152755872X

This collection of essays examines various forms of dystopian fiction in literature, television, and digital games. It frames the timely trend of dystopian fiction as a thematic field that accommodates several genres from societal dystopia to apocalyptic narratives and climate fiction, many of them examining the hazards of science and technology to human societies and the ecosystem. These are genres of the Anthropocene par excellence, capturing the dilemmas of the human condition in the current, increasingly precarious epoch. The essays offer new interpretations of classical and contemporary works, including the canonised prose of Orwell, Atwood and Cormac McCarthy, modern pop culture classics like Battlestar Galactica, Fallout and Hunger Games, and the work of Johanna Sinisalo, a pioneer of Finnish speculative fiction. From Thomas Pynchon to Watership Down, the volume’s multifaceted approach offers fresh perspectives to those already familiar with existing research, but it is no less accessible for newcomers to the ever-expanding field of dystopian studies.

The Sociology of Emotions

The Sociology of Emotions
Author: Ann Brooks
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2024-10-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1529217334

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the field of the Sociology of Emotions, incorporating sociological, feminist and cultural perspectives. Structured around three dimensions - conceptualisation, theory and analysis of emotions - it provides new insights into the field, with a particular focus on contemporary social issues such as loneliness, depression, confidence, consumption, class, intimacy and sexuality. The book examines the language of emotions, looking at macro and micro framing of emotions in modernity, emotional labour, public emotions, passionate emotions, melancholic emotions, masculinity and emotions, love, intimacy and emotions. It delves into both positive and negative emotions such as happiness, anger, fear and sadness. The book will be essential reading for researchers and students seeking a current and interdisciplinary resource covering a wide range of international material in the field of Sociology of Emotions.

The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World

The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World
Author: Paul R. Ward
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2023-04-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1803823232

The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World offers a sociological examination of the lived impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through culture(s) of emotion, offering a refreshing contribution to a new and exciting sub-discipline.

Arctic Hysteria and Other Strange Northern Emotions

Arctic Hysteria and Other Strange Northern Emotions
Author: Riikka Rossi
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2024-10-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9518589003

This volume opens a new perspective on the thriving area of research on the imagined North by studying emotions in the light of case studies in Finnish literature. It addresses the cultural history of Arctic hysteria and maps other strange emotions depicted and evoked in literature of the Finnish North. The case studies range from the works of internationally renowned authors, such as Rosa Liksom, Emmi Itäranta and Tove Jansson, to the affectively controversial and provocative writings of Timo K. Mukka, Marko Tapio and Pentti Linkola. By focusing on the imagined North in the literature of modernism and late modernity, the authors offer fresh views on experiences of modernisation and the changing Northern environment in the age of the Anthropocene. The book is intended for scholars and students in literary studies, together with everyone interested in the imagined North and emotion, Finnish literature and culture.

Emotions in Crisis

Emotions in Crisis
Author: Nina Margies
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2024-04-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1529235049

Researchers, Postgraduate Students and University libraries, especially in the fields of sociology, psychology, social movement studies, youth studies and urban studies. The book will be of specific interest to emotion researchers from sociology, cultural studies, social psychology, geography, and politics. It will also be of particular interest to the members of the Research Network 11 – the Sociology of Emotions – of the European Sociological Association (ESA) of which the author is a board member since 2019.

Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy

Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy
Author: Ágnes Heller
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004410279

In Wind and Whirlwind the great philosopher Ágnes Heller and social scientist Riccardo Mazzeo explain the pros and cons of utopias and dystopias as they are described in literary works and their relevance to understand the world we live in and the hidden consequences of apparently appealing life trajectories.

Dystopia Boxed Set: 18 Dystopian Classics in One Edition

Dystopia Boxed Set: 18 Dystopian Classics in One Edition
Author: Jack London
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 3583
Release: 2023-12-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This unique collection of "DYSTOPIA Boxed Set: 18 Dystopian Classics in One Edition" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: 1984 (George Orwell) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis) That Hideous Strength (C. S. Lewis) Iron Heel (Jack London) We (Yevgeny Zamyatin) Meccania the Super-State (Owen Gregory) Lord of the World (Hugh Benson) When The Sleeper Wakes (H. G. Wells) The Time Machine (H. G. Wells) The First Men in the Moon (H. G. Wells) Caesar's Column (Ignatius Donnelly) The Secret of the League (Ernest Bramah) City of Endless Night (Milo Hastings) Looking Further Backward (Arthur Dudley Vinton) The Heads of Cerberus (Francis Stevens) The Fixed Period (Anthony Trollope) Animal Farm (George Orwell)