Social Economies of Fear and Desire: Emotional Regulation, Emotion Management, and Embodied Autonomy

Nicol, V.

All behaviours, indeed all forms of agency, are viewed as emotionally-driven. This book provides an approach to emotional experience and agency which drastically nuances the commonly held view that fear has predominantly irrational, morally, or ideologically suspect effects which thwart the exercise of autonomy.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-12-07

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349341733

DOI: 10.1057/9781137010377

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 261