Istanbul Gelisim University IISBF SosyoCom: Monthly Events and News Bulletin (Issue: 55, July 2025)

THE CULTURAL POLİTİCS OF EMOTİONS For a long time, emotions were regarded as inner, private, and universal human experiences. However, over the past three decades, cultural studies, feminist theory, and critical sociology have shown that emotions are not only psychological but also culturally constructed and politically regulated. Questions like “when, where, what, and how we feel” are not merely personal choices but shaped by social norms, gender roles, class positions, and ideological structures.