A proposal for the empirical study of social sensibilities in the world of work, from the Sociology of Bodies/ Emotions

Abstract

This article presents an analytical framework for the empirical study of social sensibilities in the world of work, from the Sociology of Bodies/Emotions. It is argued that sensibilities, understood as feeling practices, are crucial to comprehending the articulation between social structures and agents' experiences, within the framework of capitalist relations of production/reproduction. The main objective is to systematize an analytical scheme (theoretical and empirical) that allows for understanding sensibilities as an articulating node of energy extraction, the regulation of sensations, and the installation of social supportability mechanisms. For this purpose, it was operationalized in two dimensions: socio-structural and cognitive-affective.