Social-emotional world

Mapping a continent

Bibliographic Data

ID2305583
AuthorsThomas J Scheff (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA,, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume59
Issue3
Pages347-361
Publication date2011-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3921 • E-ISSN: 1461-7064
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0011392111400787
OpenAlexW2040120673
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited33

This article describes two basic aspects of the social-emotional world: degree of connectedness (solidarity/alienation) and six specific emotions. This field needs to be clarified, because of the use of vernacular words rather than clearly defined concepts. Two sets of definitions are proposed. The first involves conceptual and operational definitions of degree of connectedness. The second offers a preliminary taxonomy of six emotion concepts. The connectedness formulation establishes an alienation/solidarity axis with three points between complete solidarity and complete alienation. Studies of pluralistic ignorance and false consensus, drama theory and other applications fall somewhere in the middle of this axis. The emotions taxonomy can be a first step toward better understanding their role in social life and their relation to connectedness. The theory implied by these definitions can be viewed as a first step toward a map of the social-emotional world

Alienation · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Ignorance · Political science · Social connectedness · Sociology · Solidarity · Taxonomy (biology) · Cultural Differences and Values · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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