Emocje w ruchach społecznych na przykładzie ruchów obrony praw ojców i Amazonek w Polsce
Emotions in Social Movements. The Case of the Fathers’ Rights Movement and the Breast Cancer Survivors Movement in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The article results from research on the role of emotions in the constitution, character and dynamics of contemporary social movements. The paper is based on the cases of the fathers’ rights movement and the breast cancer survivors movement in Poland and is to a large extent the result of qualitative sociological research conducted with activists from these movements between 2009 and 2012. The analysis of the gathered material is preceded by an outline of the status of emotions in (Polish) sociology and the state of affairs in Polish research on the social movements that were the key subject of our study.

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