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The most comprehensive available introduction to affect control theory, an important and expanding framework in sociology
Describes in plain language how sociology's best developed cybernetic model can be used to interpret actions and emotions that arise in everyday life
Shows how culturally-varying sentiments generate distinctive interactions and emotions among people in different societies, in different occupations and religions, and in normal versus deviant groups
Exemplifies how mathematical analyses and interpretive analyses of social processes can each deepen the other, resulting in exceptional insights regarding human nature
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Affect Control Theory, Plainly Told
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Front Matter
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Mathematics of Affect Control Theory
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About this book
Expressive Order introduces affect control theory to lay readers of sociology, and additionally guides sociology specialists into the theory's deep structure.
Briefly, affect control theory proposes that individuals shape their social interactions so that emerging impressions reinforce sentiments about salient identities, behaviors, and settings. Emotions signal how the process of confirming sentiments is going for each individual. The theory explains behaviors, emotions, social labeling, and personality attributions in a wide variety of social contexts – including intimate relations, work-world interactions, courtrooms, and international relations.
Part 1 of the book provides a plain-language exposition of the theory, along with numerous interpretive analyses of everyday situations. This is engaging and provocative reading for anyone interested in social relations, including undergraduates in and out of the social sciences.
Part 2 presents the mathematical derivations that define sentiment-confirming behavior, labeling, attribution, and emotion. The mathematical solutions, conjoined with understandings about social institutions, are the basis of the theory's explanations. The derivations clarify the theory's assumptions and reasoning, as only mathematics can.
Part 3 of Expressive Order describes the research program associated with the theory and the computer simulation software that is used in research. This part of the book offers a jump start for individuals wishing to use affect control theory in their own research.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
David R. Heise
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Expressive Order
Book Subtitle: Confirming Sentiments in Social Actions
Authors: David R. Heise
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-38179-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-38177-0Published: 14 November 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4256-2Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-38179-4Published: 03 April 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 164
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology, general, Sociological Theory