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The Sociology of emotions applies a sociological lens to the topic of emotions. The discipline of Sociology, which falls within the social sciences, is focused on understanding both the mind and society, studying the dynamics of the self, interaction, social structure, and culture[1]. While the topic of emotions can be found in early classic sociological theories, sociologists began a more systematic study of emotions in the 1970s when scholars in the discipline were particularly interested in how emotions influenced the self, how they shaped the flow of interactions, how people developed emotional attachments to social structures and cultural symbols, and how social structures and cultural symbols constrained the experience and expression of emotions[1]. Sociologists have focused on how emotions are present in the creation of social structures and systems of cultural symbols, and how they can also play a role in deconstructing social structures and challenging cultural traditions. In this case, in order to understand the mind, affect and rational thought must be considered since humans find motivation among non-rational factors such as levels of emotional commitment to norms, values, and beliefs[2][3][4][5]. Within sociology, emotions can be seen as social constructs that are fabricated by interaction and collaboration between human beings. Emotions are a part of the human experience, and they gain their meaning from a given society's forms of knowledge[6].
- ^ a b Turner, Jonathan H.; Stets, Jan E. (2009). The sociology of emotions (Repr ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84745-2.
- ^ Durkheim, Emile; Halls, W. D. (1984). The division of labor in society (in engfre). New York: Free Press. ISBN 978-0-02-907950-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Hochschild, Arlie Russell (April 1975). "The Sociology of Feeling and Emotion: Selected Possibilities". Sociological Inquiry. 45 (2–3): 280–307. doi:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1975.tb00339.x. ISSN 0038-0245.
- ^ Thoits, Peggy A. (August 1989). "The Sociology of Emotions". Annual Review of Sociology. 15 (1): 317–342. doi:10.1146/annurev.so.15.080189.001533. ISSN 0360-0572.
- ^ TenHouten, Warren D. (2006-11-22). A General Theory of Emotions and Social Life (0 ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203013441. ISBN 978-1-134-22908-6.
- ^ Franks, David D.; McCarthy, E. Doyle, eds. (1989). The sociology of emotions: original essays and research papers. Contemporary studies in sociology. Greenwich/Conn.: JAI Press. ISBN 978-1-55938-052-2.