Intimacy, home, and emotions in the era of the pandemic

Abstract While much of the sociological scholarship on intimacy has been understood in normative sense foregrounding and supporting human closeness, this article points to role as a concept better understand regulatory ties between subject institution. institution are treated by modernity distinct entities, separated boundary private public, elucidates their mutual engagements reviewing work sociology emotions. Discussing from perspective enables us suffering social problem linked collective recognition subjective feelings. To illustrate point, briefly reflects public discourse home upended world‐wide stay‐at‐home orders contain spread coronavirus disease 2019. neither analyzes these orders, nor judges legitimacy, it takes particular situation chance review discussion emotional boundaries home, intimacy. Intimacy is presented key category for understanding people's emotions, which impacts way emotions seen relevant legitimate discussions problems.