What are the processes and mechanisms involved in interpersonal
behavior, and how are these constrained by human biology, social
structure, and culture? Drawing on and updating classic
sociological theory, and with special reference to the most recent
research in evolutionary and neurophysiological theory, this
ambitious work aims to present no less than a unified, general
theory of what happens when people interact.
Despite modern technologies that mediate communication among
individuals, face-to-face interaction is still primal and primary.
This book argues against recent social theory that postulates a
dramatic change in the nature of human relationships under
postmodernity and, instead, asserts that despite undeniable and
accelerating change in people's environments, certain basic human
tendencies toward emotionally inflected, physically present social
interaction remain strong.
Turner builds on first principles he locates in the work of Mead,
Freud, Schutz, Durkheim, and Goffman. After brief overviews of
previous work on the embeddedness of social interaction in
sociocultural systems and in human biology, each chapter presents
elements of the microdynamics involved in encounters: emotions,
motivations (transactional needs), culture (normative conventions),
role processes, status, demographics, and ecology. Each chapter
ends with a series of testable propositions, which are then
streamlined into a series of summary principles intended to
motivate future research. The book concludes with some cautious
hypotheses on the potential influence of microprocesses on broader
social dynamics.
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