Arlie Hochschild

Renowned Sociologist

Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California Berkeley. Arlie's work focuses on the human emotions that underlie moral beliefs, practices and political life generally. She is most famous for coining 'emotional labour' whereby your job involves performing an emotion for payment.

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Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California Berkeley. Arlie's work focuses on the human emotions that underlie moral beliefs, practices and political life generally. She is most famous for coining 'emotional labour' whereby your job involves performing an emotion for payment.

Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California Berkeley. Arlie's work focuses on the human emotions that underlie moral beliefs, practices and political life generally. She is most famous for coining 'emotional labour' whereby your job involves performing an emotion for payment.