"The Shaping of Social Organization" introduces a new social theory - social rule system theory - and shows how it can provide fresh insights into the major institutions of modern social life. This book advances a distinctive approach to the study of actor-structure dynamics, placing itself in a ric[...]

Gathering scholars from different disciplines, this book is the first on how to study emotions using sociological, historical, linguistic, anthropological, psychological, cultural, and mixed approaches. Bringing together the emerging lines of inquiry, it lays foundations for an overdue methodologica[...]