The value of emotions for cultural analysis

Abstract

The article analyzes the heuristic potential of the emotions for the cultural analysis, from the basic premises of the cognitive view and the sociology of emotions. I want to argue that to take them in account it is an essential element to study the forms in which actors in the daily life signify the diverse cultural contents. I explain how and why the emotions indicate, express or reveal cultural meanings, but mainly its levels of internalización in people and social groups