Download or read book Research Agendas in the Sociology of Emotions written by Theodore D. Kemper and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1990-07-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book leading sociologists of emotions present their research agendas for work that promises to shape the study of emotions well into the next decade. The essays represent the full range of ideas, issues, and directions in the field. From diverse theoretical positions — symbolic interactionist, social constructionist, feminist, positivist, linguistic, phenomenologist, Marxist, and evolutionist — the authors set forth their current understandings, as well as the directions of future work, with a discussion of the most significant problems in emotions research.