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Anthropologie der Emotionen – Affektive Dynamiken in Kultur und Gesellschaft

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Emotionen, Gefühle, affektive Dynamiken: Die Anthropologie der Emotionen hat sich als ein Forschungsfeld etabliert, in dem interdisziplinär gearbeitet wird und das transnational verankert ist. 27 Autor:innen aus Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Philosophie, Psychologie, Soziologie, den Neurowissenschaften und der Theaterwissenschaft skizzieren die Genese sowie gegenwärtige Entwicklungen dieser Forschung – im Dialog mit Birgitt Röttger-Rösslers Werk und anhand der Themenfelder Perspektiven, Sozialisation, Mobilität und Politik. So entsteht ein neuer Zugang zu der Welt der Emotionen.
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