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Availability:In StockContributor:Randall CollinsSeries:Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology #22Publish date:2005-07-25Pages:464
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691123899ISBN-10:691123896UPC:9780691123899Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, DemographySize:9.14 x 6.12 x 1.11 inchesWeight:1.422Product ID:SCFE4FEJC4

Sex, smoking, and social stratification are three very different social phenomena. And yet, argues sociologist Randall Collins, they and much else in our social lives are driven by a common force: interaction rituals. Interaction Ritual Chains is a major work of sociological theory that attempts to develop a "radical microsociology." It proposes that successful rituals create symbols of group membership and pump up individuals with emotional energy, while failed rituals drain emotional energy. Each person flows from situation to situation, drawn to those interactions where their cultural capital gives them the best emotional energy payoff. Thinking, too, can be explained by the internalization of conversations within the flow of situations; individual selves are thoroughly and continually social, constructed from the outside in.

The first half of Interaction Ritual Chains is based on the classic analyses of Durkheim, Mead, and Goffman and draws on micro-sociological research on conversation, bodily rhythms, emotions, and intellectual creativity. The second half discusses how such activities as sex, smoking, and social stratification are shaped by interaction ritual chains. For example, the book addresses the emotional and symbolic nature of sexual exchanges of all sorts--from hand-holding to masturbation to sexual relationships with prostitutes--while describing the interaction rituals they involve. This book will appeal not only to psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists, but to those in fields as diverse as human sexuality, religious studies, and literary theory.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691123899ISBN-10:691123896UPC:9780691123899Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, DemographySize:9.14 x 6.12 x 1.11 inchesWeight:1.422Product ID:SCFE4FEJC4
Randall Collins is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of eleven books, including The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change, Four Sociological Traditions, and The Credential Society.
Publisher: Princeton University Press

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