In the last few years, historians, philosophers, natural scientists, as well as social scientists have all affirmed the importance of emotion in social life. While there is a growing recognition that emotions matter for social science analysis, questions remain as to how they matter – that is, how are emotional responses transposed from physical states to particular forms of individual or collective social actions. .As there is currently no firmly marked disciplinary path through the fields of emotion and economy, this paper aims to forge one. In so doing, it attempts to synthesize a large array of literature in a relatively compressed framework – covering aspects of history, sociology, economics, psychology and philosophy.
