The sociology of emotions

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Title:

The sociology of emotions

Author:

Turner, Jonathan H.

ISBN:

9780521612227

9780521847452

Personal Author:

Turner, Jonathan H.

Publication Information:

New York : Cambridge University Press, c2005.

Physical Description:

xvii, 349 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Foreword / Lynn Smith-Lovin -- 1. Conceptualizing emotions sociologically -- 2. Dramaturgical and cultural theorizing on emotions -- 3. Ritual theorizing on emotions -- 4. Symbolic interactionist theorizing on emotions -- 5. Symbolic interactionist theorizing on emotions with psychoanalytic elements -- 6. Exchange theorizing on emotions -- 7. Structural theorizing on emotions -- 8. Evolutionary theorizing on emotions -- 9. Prospects for the sociology of emotions.

Abstract:

"This book reviews the theoretical and empirical work in the sociology of emotions, with appendices on relevant psychological theories as they intersect with sociological theories. The theories are grouped into several basic approaches: dramaturgical and cultural, interaction ritual, symbolic interactionist, exchange, structural, and evolutionary. The theories that have been developed within these diverse traditions are summarized, and illustrative empirical work using each theory is reviewed."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Emotions -- Social aspects.

Social interaction.

Interpersonal relations.

Social psychology.

Added Author:

Stets, Jan E.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2004018645-b.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam051/2004018645.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018645.html

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All social relations involve emotional responses, from the simplest face-to-face encounter through the mobilization of social movements to the commitments that individuals develop for culture and society. The social world is thus dependent upon the arousal of emotions, and equally significant conflict and change in societies is ultimately driven by emotional arousal. Thus, it is important to understand how human emotions influence, and are influenced by, the social world. This understanding takes us into the sociology of emotions that has emerged as a distinct area of inquiry over the last thirty years.