Jonathan H. Turner is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside and University Professor, University of California. He is primarily a general theorist who has sought to develop general scientific theories on all facets of human social organization. He is the author of 35 books and around 200 research articles and chapters. This present book is an effort to extend his more theoretical analyses of human emotions to problems stemming from stratification of societies.

• 1. Why Are Humans So Emotional?  2. The Dark Side of Emotions  3. The Stratification of Emotions  4. Emotions and Pressures for Societal Integration and Disintegration  5. The Effects of Emotions on Peoples and Societies

Jonathan H. Turner is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside and University Professor, University of California. He is primarily a general theorist who has sought to develop general scientific theories on all facets of human social organization. He is the author of 35 books and around 200 research articles and chapters. This present book is an effort to extend his more theoretical analyses of human emotions to problems stemming from stratification of societies.

• 1. Why Are Humans So Emotional?  2. The Dark Side of Emotions  3. The Stratification of Emotions  4. Emotions and Pressures for Societal Integration and Disintegration  5. The Effects of Emotions on Peoples and Societies

Jonathan H. Turner is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside and University Professor, University of California. He is primarily a general theorist who has sought to develop general scientific theories on all facets of human social organization. He is the author of 35 books and around 200 research articles and chapters. This present book is an effort to extend his more theoretical analyses of human emotions to problems stemming from stratification of societies.

• 1. Why Are Humans So Emotional?  2. The Dark Side of Emotions  3. The Stratification of Emotions  4. Emotions and Pressures for Societal Integration and Disintegration  5. The Effects of Emotions on Peoples and Societies