Sociology of Body/Emotions: The perspective of Karl Marx

ADRIAN SCRIBANO

Quaderni di Teoria Sociale

Morlacchi University Press

Lugar: Perugia; Año: 2018

1824-4750

The aim of this paper is to show the possibility of finding in Marx?s writings clear indications for the construction of a sociology of bodies and emotions. Several strategies can be proposed for doing this; in this paper I chose a close reading and interpretation of the 1844 Manuscripts as a textual corpus which allows us to underpin one among many of possible systematizations.In order to reach this systematization, we have selected the following argumentative strategies: a) we start by reviewing and summarized the basic conceptual elements of the Manuscripts which allow us to reconstruct Marx´s sociology of bodies and emotions and, b) we conclude by presenting three successive approaches to the objective of this paper.Three very important aspects of Marx?s perspective dealing with the connections between senses, sensations, and emotions are not included in this interpretation: alienation, fetishism, and the religiosity of capitalism. These concepts are left out, not only due to the limited scope of this paper, but more importantly because of our interest here is to show the basic features of the possibility of finding in Marx?s work the general guidelines for the construction of a sociology of bodies and emotions.