From Prejudice to Intergroup Emotions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841690481 ISBN 13: 9781841690483

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

The theories or programs of research described in the chapters of this book move beyond the traditional evaluation model of prejudice, drawing on a broad range of theoretical ancestry to develop models of why, when, and how differentiated reactions to groups arise, and what their consequences might be. The chapters have in common a re-focusing of interest on emotion as a theoretical base for understanding differentiated reactions to, and differentiated behaviors toward, social groups. The contributions also share a focus on specific interactional and structural relations among groups as a source of these differentiated emotional reactions. The chapters in the volume thus reflect a theoretical shift from an earlier emphasis on knowledge about ingroups and outgroups to a new perspective on prejudice in which socially-grounded emotional differentiation becomes a basis for social regulation.

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Review:

"'Mackie and Smith have assembled an impressive line-up of leading scholars who share an interest in affective and emotional dimensions of intergroup phenomena. This book is a timely and quite original integration of diverse strands of research that address the 'hot' dimension of intergroup behavior - a dimension that has until recently taken the back seat to an emphasis on cognitive processes and structures. By bringing this work together, Mackie and Smith have done the field a great service in setting a clear agenda for this new emphasis in the social psychology of intergroup behavior.'."
-Michael A. Hogg, University of Queensland

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1841690481
• ISBN 13: 9781841690483
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Mackie Diane M.