International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 16 Issue 9/10

INTRODUCTION: SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Warren D. Tenhouten

The articles in this Special Issue of the IJSSP, entitled ‘Sociology of Emotions’, were, with two exceptions, presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological…

SOVIET CIVILIZATION AND ITS EMOTIONAL DISCONTENTS

Dmitri N. Shalin

This study is based on the premise that Soviet civilization represented a concerted effort to harness emotions to an ideological cause, to reshape human affect according to the…

EMOTIONS, HABITUATION, AND MACRO‐SOCIOLOGY: THE CASE OF INEQUALITY

Michael Hammond

Habituation is one of natural selection's tools to limit the activating role of positive emotions. It is a barrier to expanding needs. The structural requirements for getting…

SOCIAL EMOTIONS: CONFIDENCE, TRUST AND LOYALTY

J.M. Barbalet

Confidence, trust and loyalty are three social emotions necessary respectively for the social processes of agency, cooperation and organization. In addition to the centrality of…

EMOTIONS AND CARE‐SEEKING DURING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A MODEL FOR INTERVENTION

Angelo A. Alonzo, Nancy R. Reynolds

In this paper, a theoretical and applied understanding is brought to the study of acute myocardial infarction [AMI] care‐seeking behavior. The time between the onset of an AMI and…

SEXUAL‐EROTIC EMOTIONS IN THE U.S. IN CROSS‐CULTURAL COMPARISON

Andreas Schneider

Using semantic differential ratings of evaluation, potency and activity of American and German undergraduates, I will test the general hypothesis that if both cultures agree on…

CULTURE AND EMOTION IN CHRISTMAS: THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

Paul G. Schervish, Raymond J. Halnon, Karen Bettez Halnon

I think it's the most wonderful time of the year and the most difficult time of the year. I think it is the worst of holidays and I think it's the best of holidays. I really do. I…

A SOCIOLOGY OF JEALOUSY

Gordon Clanton

In this paper, I sum up more than 20 years of research and reflection on jealousy. A chronological account of this work is followed by a thematic summary of the findings and some…

OUTLINE OF A SOCIOEVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF THE EMOTIONS

Warren D. TenHouten

Following Darwin, Plutchik's psychoevolutionary theory defines emotions as adaptive reactions to stimuli. While his ‘stimulus’ stands as an unanalyzed psychological construct, he…