Emotions are complex processes that are constrained by biology, but not fully explained without taking into account the social context in which they develop. Mapping these contexts, and understanding how and under which conditions they shape emotions, is an essential task for the science of emotions; a task that—at least in psychology—has been neglected. The three commentaries each offer some interesting reflections on exactly this task.
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RogersK. B.Smith-LovinL. (2012). Answering the call for a sociological perspective on the multilevel social construction of emotion: A comment on Boiger and Mesquita. Emotion Review, 4, 232–233.
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