Emotion and Social Structures: The Affective Foundations of Social Order

by Christian von Scheve

Book Overview

The past decades have seen significant advances in the sociological understanding of human emotion. Sociology has shown how culture and society shape our emotions and how emotions contribute to micro- and macro-social processes. At the same time, the behavioral sciences have made progress in understanding emotion at the level of the individual mind and body.

Emotion and Social Structures embraces both perspectives to uncover the fundamental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415678773
• ISBN13: 9780415678773
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"