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。
Continuing the spirit of the Enlightenment, Western thought often opposes the two perceptive abilities of "emotion" and "rationality", and regards the latter as far more valuable than the former in terms of the good development of human nature and society. If emotions are not perfectly supervised by rational thinking, they may create personal and even social chaos. The above-mentioned seemingly self-evident presuppositions have also profoundly affected the problem awareness, research methods, and theoretical construction of "social science". One of its implicit ultimate purposes is to further refine our rational thinking and analyze society accordingly. problems and the laws of social operation, and put forward specific and effective policy suggestions. However, Michel Foucault's series of studies have already shown that the so-called rational knowledge and the national governance plans constructed based on it have from time to time produced unexpected "irrational" effects - what's more, the source of the so-called rational inquiry is often driven. Maybe it's emotional. How can we understand the relationship between sensibility and reason more realistically? In addition, is the identification of which is better and worse between the two itself a false proposition?
In response to the above questions, the "affective turn" (or "affective turn") has recently emerged in the humanities and social sciences. Sociology, philosophy, cultural studies and other fields have been influenced by Raymond Williams, Gilles Deleuze, Eve respectively. Inspired by pioneering researchers such as Sedgwick, we advocate that emotions are not only diverse in form and intertwined with each other, but are often linked to the body and trigger social changes. In other words, emotions are the shaping elements of sociality. It starts with classic articles by three key scholars, and is supplemented by three classic research books to discuss the relationship between emotion, sociality, and social change.
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| 課堂導讀與閱讀摘要課堂導讀與閱讀摘要 Class Introduction and Reading Summary |
100 | 本課無須繳交期末報告，學期成績為課堂導讀與閱讀摘要（response paper）的表現。 |
