延續啟蒙主義的精神，西方思想往往對立「感性」和「理性」這兩種感知能力，並視後者就人性和社會之良善發展而言，其價值遠勝於前者。感性若未受理性思維的完善監管，恐將製造個人、甚或社會性的混亂。上述彷彿不理自明的預設，也深刻影響了「社會科學」的問題意識、研究方法、和理論建構，其隱含的終極目的之一，為更精煉吾人的理性思維，並據此分析社會問題以及社會運作的法則、並提出具體有效的政策建議。然而，Michel Foucault的系列研究，早已昭示所謂的理性知識與依此建構的國家治理方案，不時產生無所預期的「非理性」效應——更甚者，驅動所謂的理性探知之源，很可能就是情感性的。我們可以如何更實在地理解感性和理性的關係？此外，對於二者孰優孰劣的鑑別，本身是否即是偽命題？

回應上述提問，晚近人文社科學界興起「情感轉向」（或「情動轉向」（Affective Turn），社會學、哲學、文化研究等領域分別受到Raymond Williams、Gilles Deleuze、Eve Sedgwick等先驅研究者的啟發，主張情感不僅形式多變且彼此交構、且往往與身體聯動、並引發社會變遷。易言之，情感是社會性（sociality）的形塑要件。本課由上述三位關鍵學者的經典文章入手，再輔以三本經典研究專書，以討論情感、社會性、社會變遷的關係。

In the spirit of continuous enlightenment, Western thought often opposes two perception abilities of "sensibility" and "rationality", and sees the latter's value as far as the good development of human nature and society is concerned. If sentiment is not subject to the perfect supervision of rational thinking, it may create personal or even social confusion. The above-mentioned self-evident preview also deeply affects the problem consciousness, research methods, and theoretical construction of "social science". One of the ultimate goals it implies is to more refined our rational thinking, and to analyze social problems and the laws of social operation, and to put forward specific and effective policy suggestions. However, Michel Foucault's series of studies have long shown that the so-called rational knowledge and the national governance plan constructed accordingly have produced no expected "irrational" effects - what's more, the source of so-called rational exploration is likely to be emotional. How can we understand the relationship between sentimentality and rationality more effectively? In addition, is the difference between which one is better and which one is inferior?

In response to the above questions, the humanities and social sciences community has recently become more and more excited about the "emotional turn" (or "emotional turn"). Social science, philosophy, cultural research and other fields have been subject to Raymond Williams, Gilles Deleuze, and Eve. Sedgwick and other pioneers have driven researchers to develop, and they not only change their forms but also interact with each other, but often interact with the body and lead to social changes. In other words, emotions are the shaping elements of sociality. This course starts with classic articles by the above three key students, and then uses three classic research books to discuss the relationship between emotions, sociality and social changes.

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