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Welcome to our ESA Midterm Conference on Emotions virtual stand

Emotions and Society coverWelcome to our virtual Emotions and Society journal stand for ESA Midterm Conference on Emotions. We have created this virtual space so that we can connect with everyone we would have met there.  

Emotions and Society

Published in association with the European Sociological Association's (ESA) Research Network on Sociology of Emotions (RN11), Emotions and Society publishes high-quality, original peer-reviewed articles which advance theoretical and empirical understanding of emotions in social life.  

Enjoy free access to our sample issue Volume 1, Number 1 until 31 December. Highlights include: 

Emotions and society
Arlie Russell Hochschild  

Emotional micro bases of social inequality: emotional energy, emotional domination and charismatic solidarity
Randall Collins  

Alienation and emotion: social relations and estrangement in contemporary capitalism
Ian Burkitt 

Liquid-modern emotions: exploring Zygmunt Baumans contribution to the sociology of emotions
Michael Hviid Jacobsen 

Read the full issue 

You might also enjoy our Editors’ Choice collection featuring three of our editors’ top articles from recent issues. These articles are free to read until 31 January 2021, including:

‘Honey, I shrunk the emotions’: late modernity and the end of emotions
Author: Jack Barbalet

Propose a special issue of Emotions and Society  

We are seeking proposals for special issues and themed sections of Emotions and Society. If you think your area of study would make a great special issue send us a proposal by 1 February 2021.  

Learn more.  

Watch this video from the journal editors

Talk to our editors Mary Holmes and Åsa Wettergren about article submissions by getting in touch at mary.holmes@ed.ac.uk and asa.wettergren@socav.gu.se, or visit our journal page for more information on publishing with us.  

Subscriptions  

If you enjoyed our free articles, please recommend Emotions and Society to your librarian. Ask them to subscribe or sign up for a 3 month free trial.    

ESA Members can get a discounted print subscription from just £43. To take advantage of this offer, please contact custserv@turpin-distribution.com quoting the journal and your membership number.   

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UK and Europe  £   43.00   €   54.00   
Rest of the World  £   54.00    $83.00  


PODCAST: How a sociology of emotions helps us understand society 

In this episode of the Transforming Society Podcast, Jess Miles speaks to Mary Holmes and Åsa Wettergren, co-editors of the Emotions and Society journal. They talk about how the journal came about and the importance of the sociology of emotions to our understanding of society. Listen to the podcast

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Special issue: The American tradition of psychosocial studies – Free until 30 November
Editors Choice Collection - Free until 31 January
Free Sample issue: Volume 12 Issue 1-2 – Free until 31 December

Global Discourse
Volume 10 Issue 2-3: The Politics of Negative Emotions 

If you find these free articles interesting, ask your librarian to subscribe to our journals, or sign up for a free institutional trial.

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