SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS: Emotions and feelings as instruments of identity construction. From Symbolic Interactionism to the neurosciences

• Authors: Porankiewicz-Żukowska, Aleksandra

Abstracts

EN

The article shows the biological and emotional basis of identity based on theoretical considerationsof classics of symbolic interactionism and research in neurology by AntonioDamasio. In the author’s opinion, the confrontation of these two concepts of very differentorigins leads to several important results: firstly, it brings the reader closer to an understandingof the biological basis of identity, and secondly, it points to the role of emotionsand feelings in its construction. Thirdly and lastly, this confrontation shows the weaknessesof both of these concepts.

Keywords

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Emotions; identity; identity theory; Antonio Damasio

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 17(4)
• Pages: 121-131

Dates

published

2017-08-28

Contributors

author

Porankiewicz-Żukowska, Aleksandra