La contribución del estudio del cuerpo y las emociones a las teorías sociológicas de la acción (vs. los estudios culturales)

this article poses some problems and outlines working premises for creating an action theory that, based in sociology, would incorporate the study of the body and the emotions. it explores a noticeable absence of observations about the body and the emotions in classical sociological theory, introducing the heretofore ignored contributions of the sociology of ferdinand t？nnies into the discussion. it also questions the pertinence of the conceptual frameworks of what has been called "cultural studies" for sociological research, and deals with some ongoing problems in how the body and emotions are considered from the point of view of action theories, proposing ways to overcome them.