Partially inherited from Enlightenment thought, the opposition of emotion to reason, body to mind, and natural sciences to social sciences has resulted in the marginalisation of the study of emotions and affects by devaluing them within the latter (Perriard & Van de Velde, 2021). Although they were addressed throughout the 20th century across various disciplines – without, however, occupying a central role – from Émile Durkheim and Max Weber in sociology to the Annales School in history, emotions truly found their place in the social sciences starting in the 1990s. Even if this theme was already present, it gained visibility to the point of creating a genuine trend in the research world, notably following what was later termed the “affective turn” (Clough, 2008).

The study of emotions requires a multidisciplinary approach (Davidson & al., 2008). Our objective is to discuss emotions in a broad sense using diverse media. 

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