A General Theory of Emotions and Social Life (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

Founded upon the psychoevolutionary theories of Darwin, Plutchik and Izard, a general socioevolutionary theory of the emotions - affect-spectrum theory - classifies a wide spectrum of the emotions and analyzes them on the sociological, psychological and neurobiological levels. This neurocognitive sociology of the emotions supersedes the major theoretical perspectives developed in the sociology of emotions by showing primary emotions to be adaptive reactions to fundamental problems of life which have evolved into elementary social relationships and which can predict occurrences of the entire spectrum of primary, complex secondary, and tertiary emotions. Written by leading social theorist Warren D. TenHouten, this book presents an encyclopaedic classification of the emotions, describing forty-six emotions in detail, and presenting a general multilevel theory of emotions and social life. The scope of coverage of this key work is highly topical and comprehensive, and includes the development of emotions in childhood, symbolic elaboration of complex emotions, emotions management, violence, and cultural and gender differences. While primary emotions have clearly defined valences, this theory shows that complex emotions obey no algebraic law and that all emotions have both creative and destructive potentialities. This Unique Volume Presents A General Theory Linking Emotions And Rational Thought To Social Relationships. In His Innovative New Book Tenhouten Presents An Encyclopaedic Classification Of The Emotions (describing 54 In Total) And Offers One Of The Most Original And Multi-leveled Accounts Of The Emotions And Social Life Ever Developed--book Jacket. Introduction -- From Darwin To Psychoevolutionary Theories Of Primary And Secondary Emotions -- The Four Pairs Of Opposite Primary Emotions : Acceptance And Disgust, Joy And Sadness, Anger And Fear, Anticipation And Surprise -- Secondary Emotions : The Four Pairs Of Opposite Primary Dyads : Love And Misery, Pride And Embarrassment, Aggressiveness And Alarm, Curiosity And Cynicism -- Secondary Emotions, Continued : The Four Pairs Of Half-opposite Secondary Dyads : Dominance And Submissiveness, Optimism And Pessimism, Delight And Disappointment, Repugnance And Contempt -- Secondary Emotions, Continued : The Eight Tertiary Dyads : Resourcefulness And Shock, Morbidness And Resignation, Sullenness And Guilt, Anxiety And Outrage -- Secondary Emotions, Continued : The Four Antithetical, Quaternary Dyads : Ambivalence, Catharsis, Frozenness, Confusion -- The Sociorelational Approach To The Emotions : Four Elementary Forms Of Sociality -- Affect-spectrum Theory : The Emotions Of Rationality And Of Intimacy -- Affect-spectrum Theory, Continued : The Emotions Linking Informal Community And Formal Society; A Typology Of Four Character Structures -- Social Identity And Social Control : Pride And Embarrassment, Pridefulness And Shame -- Socialization And The Emotions : From Alexithymia To Symbolic Elaboration And Creativity -- The Development Of Tertiary Emotions : Jealousy, Envy, Ambition, Confidence, And Hope -- Emotions, Violence, And The Self -- A Partial Empirical Test Of Affect-spectrum Theory. Introduction -- From Darwin To Psycho-evolutionary Theories Of Primary And Secondary Emotions -- The Two Pairs Of Opposite Primary Emotions : Acceptance And Disgust, Joy And Sadness, Anger And Fear, Anticipation And Surprise -- Secondary Emotions : The Four Pairs Of Opposite Primary Dyads : Love And Misery, Pride And Embarrassment, Aggressiveness And Alarm, Curiosity And Cynicism -- Secondary Emotions, Continued : The Four Pairs Of Half-opposite Secondary Dyads : Dominance And Submissiveness, Optimism And Pessimism, Delight And Disappointment, Repugnance And Contempt -- Secondary Emotions, Continued : The Eight Tertiary Dyads : Resourcefulness And Shock, Morbidness And Resignation, Sullenness And Guilt, Anxiety And Outrage -- Secondary Emotions, Continued : The Four Antithetical, Quaternary Dyads : Ambivalence, Catharsis, Frozenness, Confusion -- The Sociorelational Approach To The Emotions : Four Elementary Forms Of Sociality -- Affect-spectrum Theory : The Emotions Of Rationality And Of Intimacy -- Affect-spectrum Theory, Continued : The Emotions Linking Informal Community And Formal Society : A Typology Of Four Character Structures -- Social Identity And Social Control : Pride And Embarrassment, Pridefulness And Shame -- Socialization And The Emotions : From Alexithymia To Symbolic Elaboration And Creativity -- The Development Of Tertiary Emotions : Jealousy, Envy, Ambition, Confidence, And Hope -- Emotions, Violence, And The Self -- A Partial Empirical Test Of Affect-spectrum Theory. Warren D. Tenhouten. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [264]-294) And Indexes. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Series Title......Page 3 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Dedication......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 14 1 Introduction......Page 18 2 From Darwin to psychoevolutionary theories of primary and secondary emotions......Page 27 3 The four pairs of opposite primary emotions: Acceptance and disgust, joy and sadness, anger and fear, anticipation and surprise......Page 42 4 Secondary emotions: The four pairs of opposite primary dyads – love and misery, pride and embarrassment, aggressiveness and alarm, curiosity and cynicism......Page 67 5 Secondary emotions, continued: The four pairs of half-opposite secondary dyads – dominance and submissiveness, optimism and pessimism, delight and disappointment, repugnance and contempt......Page 90 6 Secondary emotions, continued: The eight tertiary dyads – resourcefulness and shock, morbidness and resignation, sullenness and guilt, anxiety and outrage......Page 102 7 Secondary emotions, continued: The four antithetical, quaternary dyads – ambivalence, catharsis, frozenness, confusion......Page 119 8 The sociorelational approach to the emotions: Four elementary forms of sociality......Page 130 9 Affect-spectrum theory: The emotions of rationality and of intimacy......Page 146 10 Affect-spectrum theory, continued: The emotions linking informal community and formal society; a typology of four character structures......Page 159 11 Social identity and social control: Pride and embarrassment, pridefulness and shame......Page 189 12 Socialization and the emotions: From alexithymia to symbolic elaboration and creativity......Page 208 13 The development of tertiary emotions: Jealousy, envy, ambition, confidence, and hope......Page 217 14 Emotions, violence, and the self: Vengefulness and hatred......Page 245 15 A partial empirical test of affect-spectrum theory......Page 258 16 Discussion......Page 271 Notes......Page 275 References......Page 281 Name index......Page 312 Subject index......Page 319