Symbolic Interactionism As Affect Control - Neil J. MacKinnon

A Synthesis Of Symbolic Interactionism And Affect Control Theory Showing How Emotion, Meaning, And Identity Dynamically Organize Social Life.what Happens When Meaning, Emotion, And Identity Are Not Separate Forcesbut Expressions Of A Single, Organizing System Of Social Life?in Symbolic Interactionism As Affect Control, Neil J. Mackinnon Offers A Major Synthesis Of Symbolic Interactionist Theory And Affect Control Theory, Showing How Shared Cultural Meanings Shape Not Only How We Interpret The World, But How We Feel, Act, And Sustain A Sense Of Social Order. Moving Beyond Traditional Divides In Sociological Thought, The Book Demonstrates How Affective Meaning Operates As A Core Mechanism Linking Cognition, Motivation, Identity, And Emotion.drawing On The Foundational Work Of George Herbert Mead, As Well As Contemporary Advances In Social Psychology, Mackinnon Traces How Individuals Continuously Evaluate And Produce Social Events Through Culturally Learned Affective Expectations.