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Power and Status and the Power-Status Theory of Emotions

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Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions

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Power and status theory has an ancient provenance, extending back as far as pre-Socratic Greek philosophy. The power-status theory of emotions, a somewhat different matter, is modern, but depends, of course, on the earlier theory.

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  1. Department of Sociology, St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York, 11439

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Kemper, T.D. (2006). Power and Status and the Power-Status Theory of Emotions. In: Stets, J.E., Turner, J.H. (eds) Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30715-2_5

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