Capa

Understanding Events

Affect and the Construction of Social Action

CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING
11 / 1979
9780521295444
978-05-2129-544-4
Inglês
American Sociological Association Rose Monographs
ESPANHA
Ingles

Sinopse

Human behaviour, Heise argues, normally promotes the maintenance of a steady emotional state. Should events produce undue strain, the individual attempts to anticipate subsequent developments, formulate a course of action and create new events designed to confirm his established sentiments. This book lays the foundation for this approach to interpreting events