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Angry Abolitionists and the Rhetoric of Slavery: Moral Emotions in Social Movements
Benjamin Lamb-Books
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Hardback. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
This book is an original application of rhetoric and moral-emotions theory to the sociology of social movements. It promotes a new interdisciplinary vision of what social movements are, why they exist, and how they succeed in attaining momentum over time. Deepening the affective dimension of cultural sociology, this work draws upon the social psychology of human emotion and interpersonal communication. Specifically, the book revolves around the topic of anger as a unique moral emotion that can be made to play crucial motivational and generative functions in protest. The chapters develop a new theory of the emotional power of protest rhetoric, ... Read more
This book is an original application of rhetoric and moral-emotions theory to the sociology of social movements. It promotes a new interdisciplinary vision of what social movements are, why they exist, and how they succeed in attaining momentum over time. Deepening the affective dimension of cultural sociology, this work draws upon the social psychology of human emotion and interpersonal communication. Specifically, the book revolves around the topic of anger as a unique moral emotion that can be made to play crucial motivational and generative functions in protest. The chapters develop a new theory of the emotional power of protest rhetoric, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Cultural Sociology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319313450
SKU
V9783319313450
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99-15
About Benjamin Lamb-Books
Benjamin Lamb-Books received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He is an invited contributor to the second edition of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, and his previous writings have appeared in Social Movement Studies and Thesis Eleven.
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