The book explores how young adults in Spain reacted to the 2008 economic crisis, experiencing uncertainty, anxiety, frustration, and resentment due to the loss of future prospects. It combines sociology of emotions with Bourdieu's practice theory to analyze the impact of structural changes on individual and collective emotions and highlights the different forms of emotion work involved in adapting to these changes.

Format: Hardback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2024
Publisher: Bristol University Press

Crisis in Numbers: Decline in Purchasing Power, Rise in Unemployment Rates, Decreasing Levels of Life Satisfaction

When we talk about crisis, we often focus on numbers: declining purchasing power, rising unemployment rates, and decreasing levels of life satisfaction. But what do people feel when their supposed securities for their futures crumble? The stories of young adults after the 2008 economic crisis in Spain provide us with answers. This book shows how their loss of future prospects led to feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, frustration, and resentment, and how they dealt with these emotions.

Combining Sociology of Emotions with Bourdieu's Practice Theory

Emotions in Crisis analyses the impact of structural changes in society on individual and collective emotions. It shows that adapting to such changes involves emotion work and highlights the different forms this work can take.

The Impact of Structural Changes on Individual and Collective Emotions

The book combines the sociology of emotions with Bourdieu's practice theory to explore the impact of structural changes on individual and collective emotions. It argues that adapting to such changes involves emotion work and highlights the different forms this work can take.

The Different Forms of Emotion Work

The book identifies three different forms of emotion work:

• Emotional labor: This involves managing and expressing emotions in a work context, such as in customer service or healthcare.
• Emotional regulation: This involves managing and regulating emotions in personal life, such as through meditation or therapy.
• Emotional expression: This involves expressing emotions in a social context, such as through art or music.

  The Different Forms of Emotion Work

  
  

  The book identifies three different forms of emotion work:

  • Emotional labor: This involves managing and expressing emotions in a work context, such as in customer service or healthcare.
  • Emotional regulation: This involves managing and regulating emotions in personal life, such as through meditation or therapy.
  • Emotional expression: This involves expressing emotions in a social context, such as through art or music.

    Conclusion

    
    

    Emotions in Crisis provides a valuable insight into the impact of structural changes on individual and collective emotions. It shows that adapting to such changes involves emotion work and highlights the different forms this work can take. By combining the sociology of emotions with Bourdieu's practice theory, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of the emotional consequences of social change.

    Weight: 474g
    Dimension: 161 x 241 x 19 (mm)
    ISBN-13: 9781529235036