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Interaction Ritual Chains
Manage episode 121495029 series 107989
Classical theorist Emile Durkheim (my personal favorite!) came up with the concept of collective effervescence to describe the way we feed of each others’ emotions when in a group. But how exactly does that happen in practice? And how does one great experience carry through to bind us together in a lasting way? In this episode, I explain Randall Collins’ theory of interaction ritual chains, in which he draws on another favorite theorist, Erving Goffman, tell us how collective effervescence works on the ground.
Listen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271472177/Episode%2013.mp3
Further Reading
In his own words. Read a sample chapter from Interaction Ritual Chains.
In his own words bonus! Get Collins’s take on whether smartphones and other technology are changing interaction ritual chains.
Listen to the Freakonomics podcast about tipping behavior – they’re economists but we’ll treat them like real people :)
10 episodes
Manage episode 121495029 series 107989
Classical theorist Emile Durkheim (my personal favorite!) came up with the concept of collective effervescence to describe the way we feed of each others’ emotions when in a group. But how exactly does that happen in practice? And how does one great experience carry through to bind us together in a lasting way? In this episode, I explain Randall Collins’ theory of interaction ritual chains, in which he draws on another favorite theorist, Erving Goffman, tell us how collective effervescence works on the ground.
Listen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271472177/Episode%2013.mp3
Further Reading
In his own words. Read a sample chapter from Interaction Ritual Chains.
In his own words bonus! Get Collins’s take on whether smartphones and other technology are changing interaction ritual chains.
Listen to the Freakonomics podcast about tipping behavior – they’re economists but we’ll treat them like real people :)
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