This Viewpoint contribution considers the recent turn to emotion and affect in the humanities and the social sciences. We present here a conversation between four scholars of gender, Ute Frevert, Chitra Joshi, Lynn M. Thomas and Valerie Walkerdine, reflecting on their personal intellectual trajectories. In their discussion, they examine how, when and why they began to explore the analytical potential of feelings and emotions in their scholarly work. The turn to emotions was motivated by a search for more nuanced perspectives on social hierarchies, and subjectivity and agency. Through their respective expertise on western Europe, India, East and Southern Africa and Britain, the four scholars address the global connections between studies of gender and the increasing import of emotions as an analytical lens.

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走向情感的智识之旅：女权主义学者的对话


本观点的贡献考虑了人文和社会科学中最近对情感和影响的转向。我们在此呈现四位性别学者 Ute Frevert、Chitra Joshi、Lynn M. Thomas 和 Valerie Walkerdine 之间的对话，反思他们个人的智力轨迹。在讨论中，他们探讨了他们如何、何时以及为何开始在学术著作中探索感受和情感的分析潜力。转向情感的动机是寻求对社会等级、主观性和能动性的更细致的视角。通过各自在西欧、印度、东部和南部非洲以及英国的专业知识，这四位学者探讨了性别研究与作为分析镜头的日益重要的情感之间的全球联系。