Emotions and Social Movements: Twenty Years of Theory and Research

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Laypeople and scientists alike believe that they know anger, or sadness, or fear, when they see it. These emotions and a few others are presumed to have specific causal mechanisms in the brain and properties that are observable (on the face, in the voice, in the body, or in experience)-that is, they are assumed to be natural kinds. If a given emotion is a natural kind and can be identified objectively, then it is possible to make discoveries about that emotion. Indeed, the scientific study of emotion is founded on this assumption. In this article, I review the accumulating empirical evidence that is inconsistent with the view that there are kinds of emotion with boundaries that are carved in nature. I then consider what moving beyond a natural-kind view might mean for the scientific understanding of emotion.

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Title: Annual Review of Sociology

Abbreviated Title: Annu. Rev. Sociol.

Publisher: Annual Reviews

ISSN (Print): 0360-0572

ISSN (Electronic): 1545-2115

Publication date Created: August 11 2011

Publication date (Print): August 11 2011

Volume: 37

Issue: 1

Pages: 285-303

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DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150015

SO-VID: 326fd48c-95ca-423b-9d2e-8ecd304aedf5

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