Sociology of emotion, ritual and therapeutic culture

Where shared scripts for authenticity come from, and what emotional skill is worth in a culture.

Region: Groups and culture
Distance: Middle
Studies a mechanism a circle relies on, mostly outside live relating.
Scale: A large gathering · Institutions and society
Researchers to read first: Randall Collins, Eva Illouz and Arlie Russell Hochschild
Where they meet: American Sociological Association, Section on Sociology of Emotions · Society
Society for the Anthropology of Religion · Society
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion · Society

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Our reading. None of these fields tests a move inside a circle.

Connection
Studies how shared focus in a gathering turns into a feeling of solidarity.
Reveal
Studies how speaking about feelings becomes a learned skill with social value.
Nica · 2022