Unequal Foundations

Inequality, Morality, and Emotions across Cultures

AvSteven Hitlin,Sarah K. Harkness

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Unequal Foundations offers readers a novel theory and a unique use of cross-cultural data to assert that the level of economic inequality in a society is reflected in the emotional experience of its members. People living in societies with more equality (countries such as Japan, Germany, and Canada) generally experience more positive, binding emotions on a regular basis. On the other hand, those living in unequal societies (the United States and China, for example) are significantly more likely to regularly experience negative, sanctioning moral emotions. In this book, authors Steven Hitlin and Sarah K. Harkness explore the idea that morality operates at both the societal and individual levels, and contend that individual moral emotions represent the distal structure of society.In addition to developing this broad theory ranging from society to the individual, Hitlin and Harkness offer their readers a novel use of data from a tool drawn from the affect control theory tradition in order to demonstrate empirical support for this theory. As such, the authors delve deeper than previous literature by presenting data that supports their general approach using a method designed for cross-cultural comparative research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-02-08
Mått:239 x 155 x 25 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Perspectives on Justice and Morality
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780190465407
Utmärkelser:Winner of the 2018 Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity's Outstanding Published Book Award from the American Sociological Association

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Steven Hitlin is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa. He has published numerous articles in sociological and psychological journals about morality, the self, agency, and racial identification. He is the author of Moral Selves, Evil Selves, the Social Psychology of Conscience (2008, Palgrave Macmillan) and, along with Stephen Vaisey, is the lead editor of the Handbook of The Sociology of Morality (2010, Springer).Sarah K. Harkness is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa. Her work centers on the social psychology of inequality and has published articles in the areas of emotions, morality, status, and affect control theory.

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Unequal Foundations is a provocative book that suggests that income inequality induces harsher moral judgments and neg-ative moral emotions and plays a more critical role in moral judgments and emotion than the cultural syndrome of individualism collectivism.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 A Primer on Inequality Chapter 3 The Social Scientific Study of Morality Chapter 4 The Difficulty of Studying Morality Across Cultures Chapter 5 Morality as a Measure of Society Chapter 6 The Theory of Inequality and Moral Emotions Chapter 7 Affect Control Theory: How Do Cultures Draw Moral Lines? Chapter 8 Methodology and a Description of the Data Chapter 9 Empirical Analysis Chapter 10 Conclusion