The Sociology of Emotions

This book reviews the theoretical and empirical work in the sociology of emotions.

Jonathan H. Turner (Author), Jan E. Stets (Author)

9780521612227, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 March 2005

368 pages, 27 b/w illus. 18 tables
22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.49 kg

"In >The Sociology of Emotions Turner and Stets cover the waterfront of theoretical contributions in the extended area of the sociology of emotions. The format of the text is intuitive and reader-friendly."
-Canadian Journal of Sociology Online

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.

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 a sociology of emotions.

Subject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Sociology & anthropology [JH]