Collective Emotions: Perspectives from psychology, philosophy, and sociology

478 Pages·2014·4.469 MB·English

by  Christian von Scheve, Mikko Salmella

Collective Emotions
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Collective Emotions
Perspectives from
Psychology, Philosophy,
and Sociology
Edited by
Christian von Scheve
and
Mikko Salmela
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Contents
List of contributors ix
Collective emotions: An introduction x iii
Christian von Scheve and Mikko Salmela
Section 1 Conceptual perspectives
1. Th e feeling of being a group: corporate emotions and collective
consciousness 3
Hans Bernhard   Schmid
2. How we feel: understanding everyday collective emotion ascription 1 7
Margaret Gilbert
3. Emotions and the extended mind 32
Jan   Slaby
4. Emotional communities of respect 47
Bennett W.   Helm
Section 2 Collective emotion in face-to-face interactions
5. Insights into collective emotions from the social neuroscience
of  empathy 63
Claus Lamm and Giorgia   Silani
6. Neurocognitive mechanisms of attentional prioritization in
social  interactions 78
Tobias   Brosch
7. Do we mimic what we see or what we know? 94
Ursula Hess , Stephanie Houde , and Agneta Fischer
8. Emotional contagion as a precursor to collective emotions 108
Elaine Hatfi eld , Megan Carpenter , and Richard L.   Rapson
Section 3 The social-relational dimension of collective emotion
9. Relational emotions and social networks 125
Ilmo van der Löwe and Brian Parkinson
10. Social appraisal as a cause of collective emotions 141
Martin Bruder , Agneta Fischer , and Antony S. R. Manstead
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11. Emotions and the social niche 156
Joel Krueger
Section 4 The social consequences of collective emotions
12. Th e function of shared aff ect in groups 175
Janice R. Kelly , Nicole E. Iannone , and Megan K. McCarty
13. Th e emergence of collective emotions in social exchange 189
Edward J. Lawler , Shane R. Th ye , and Jeongkoo   Yoon
14. Collective emotional gatherings: their impact upon identity fusion,
shared beliefs, and social integration 2 04
Dario Páez and Bernard   Rimé
15. Emotion and the formation of social identities 217
Joseph de   Rivera
Section 5 Group-based and intergroup emotion
16. Intergroup emotion: self-categorization, emotion, and the regulation of
intergroup confl ict 235
Devin G. Ray , Diane M. M ackie , and E liot R.   Smith
17. Th e social psychology of collective guilt 251
Mark A. Ferguson and Nyla R. Branscombe
18. Collective pride, happiness, and celebratory emotions: aggregative,
network, and cultural models 266
Gavin Brent Sullivan
19. Collective emotions and emotion regulation in intractable confl icts 281
Eran Halperin
Section 6 Rituals, movements, and social organization
20. Interaction ritual chains and collective eff ervescence 299
Randall Collins
21. Religion, ritual, and collective emotion 312
J. David Knottnerus
22. Political emotion 326
John Protevi
23. Emotions, sociology, and protest 341
James M.   Jasper
24. Emotional knowledge, emotional styles, and religion 3 56
Hubert Knoblauch and Regine Herbrik
CONTENTS vii
Section 7 Collective emotions in online social systems
25. Th e role of sentiment in the social web 375
Mike Th elwall and Arvid   Kappas
26. Modeling collective emotions in online social systems 3 89
David Garcia , Antonios Garas , a nd F rank Schweitzer
27. Interacting with collective emotions in e-communities 407
Marcin Skowron and Stefan   Rank
28. Gender and social sharing of emotions in large-scale social awareness
streams 422
Funda Kivran-Swaine and Mor   Naaman
Index 437