Informalization: Manners and Emotions Since 1890 Contributor(s): Wouters, Cas (Author) |
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ISBN: 141293575X ISBN-13: 9781412935753 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2007 Annotation: This highly original book explains the sweeping changes to twentieth-century regimes of manners and self. Broad in scope and deep in analytic reach, it provides a wealth of empirical evidence to demonstrate how changes in the code of manners and emotions in four countries (Germany, Netherlands, England and the US) have undergone increasing informalization. From the growing taboo toward the displays of superiority and inferiority and diminishing social and psychicogical distance between people, it reveals an 'emancipation of emotions' and the new representation of emotion at the centre of personality. This thought-provoking book traces: " The increasing permissiveness in public and private manners, such as introductions, the use of personal pronouns, social kissing, dancing, and dating " The ascent and integration of a wide variety of groups - including the working classes, women, youth and immigrants - and the sweeping changes this has imposed on relations of social inferiority and superiority " The shifts in self-regulation that require manners to seem 'natural', at ease and authentic " Rising external social constraints towards being reflexive, showing presence of mind, considerateness, role-taking, and the ability to tolerate and control conflicts, to compromise " Growing interdependence and social integration, declining power differences and the diminishing social and psychic distance between people Continuing the analysis of Sex and Manners, this book is a dazzling work of historical sociology and a fascinating read. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Psychology | Emotions - Psychology | Interpersonal Relations |
Dewey: 395.090 |
Series: Theory, Culture & Society (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.35" W x 9.48" L (1.29 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Benelux - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 106 |
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Publisher Description: This highly original book explains the sweeping changes to twentieth-century regimes of manners and self. Broad in scope and deep in analytic reach, it provides a wealth of empirical evidence to demonstrate how changes in the code of manners and emotions in four countries (Germany, Netherlands, England and the US) have undergone increasing informalization. From the growing taboo toward the displays of superiority and inferiority and diminishing social and psychological distance between people, it reveals an ′emancipation of emotions′ and the new representation of emotion at the centre of personality. This thought-provoking book traces: The increasing permissiveness in public and private manners, such as introductions, the use of personal pronouns, social kissing, dancing, and dating The ascent and integration of a wide variety of groups - including the working classes, women, youth and immigrants - and the sweeping changes this has imposed on relations of social inferiority and superiority The shifts in self-regulation that require manners to seem ′natural′, at ease and authentic Rising external social constraints towards being reflexive, showing presence of mind, considerateness, role-taking, and the ability to tolerate and control conflicts, to compromise Growing interdependence and social integration, declining power differences and the diminishing social and psychic distance between people Continuing the analysis of Sex and Manners, this book is a dazzling work of historical sociology and a fascinating read. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wouters, Cas: - Cas Wouters is a senior lecturer at the Institute of General Social Sciences at Utrecht University. |
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