<P>1. By Way of Introduction. A Sociology of Emotions through Literature</P><P>2. Sociology and Emotions. An Overview</P><P>3. Emotions and their History. A Sociological Perspective </P><P>4. Emotions and Literature</P><P>5. Action, Emotions and Emotional Control. A Reading of Philip Roth's<I> American Pastoral</I></P><P>6. The Emotional Crowd</P><P>7. Envy, Social Order and Social Change</P><P>8. Of Love, its Semantic and its Social Function </P><P>References</P>