The Social Life of Emotions (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521828112 ISBN 13: 9780521828116

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Emotions cannot be understood independently of the social relationships and groups where they occur since the social world is defined by emotion and emotions are defined by the social world. This book examines the interplay of emotions and social relationships by analyzing the ways in which relationships generate emotions, the role of relationships and social life in constraining people's emotions, and how emotions constitute social relationships.

About this title

Book Description:

Emotions cannot be understood as separate from the social relantionships and groups where they occur since the social world is defined by emotion and emotions are defined by the social world. This book examines the interplay of emotions and social relantionships. The chapters discuss ways in which relationships generate emotions, ways in which relationships and social life constrain people's emotions, and how emotions constitute social relationships. Together, the chapters present a view of emotions that locates them in their social context.

About the Author:

Larissa Z. Tiedens is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She earned her BA in Psychology at Carleton College and her PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research has focused on emotions in social contexts, cognitive consequences of emotions, and processes involved in stratification.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521828112
• ISBN 13: 9780521828116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 378
• Editor: Tiedens Larissa Z., Leach Colin Wayne