Origin
The term was introduced by William M. Reddy in his article, ''Against Constructionism: The Historical Ethnography of Emotions'' (1997). Reddy is a professor of History and Cultural Anthropology at Duke University.Description
Emotives describe the process by which emotions are managed and shaped, not only by society and its expectations but also by individuals themselves as they seek to express the inexpressible, namely how they "feel" (Rosenwein 2002). One important difference between emotive and descriptive use of language is the difference in ''intention''. The discourse of a man using language emotively, using it to express or to arouse feelings, differs in intention from the discourse of a man using language descriptively to convey descriptive meanings (Castell 1949). Emotion claims are attempts to translate into words (1) nonverbal events that are occurring in this halo or (2) enduring states of this halo and this background. Emotion claims, as a result, can be viewed, by analogy withSincerity
William Reddy includes the idea ofEmotive in Sociology
The concept of emotive is compatible with Jürgen Habermas’s critique ofReferences
*Castell, Alburey. 1949. “Meaning: Emotive, Descriptive, and Critical.” ''Ethics'' 60: 55–61. *Ellis, Albert. The Albert Ellis Site. ''REBT Explained by Dr. Ellis.'' http://www.rebt.ws/REBT%20explained.htm *Luke, George W. 2004. “State-Sponsored Advocacy? The Case of Florida’s Students Working Against Tobacco.” Doctoral Dissertation, Florida State University. *Koury, Mauro Guilherme Pinheiro. 2004. ''Introdução à Sociologia da Emoção'', João Pessoa, Editora Manufatura, Edições do GREM. *Koury, Mauro Guilherme Pinheiro. 2009. ''Emoções, Sociedade e Cultura'', Curitiba, Editora CRV. *Reddy, William M. 1999. “Emotional Liberty: Politics and History in the Anthropology of Emotions.” ''Cultural Anthropology'' 14: 256–288. *Reddy, William M. 1997. “Against Constructionism: The Historical Ethnography of Emotions.” ''Current Anthropology'' 38: 327–351. *Rosenwein, Barbara H. 2002. “Worrying about Emotions in History.” ''The American Historical Review.'' http://historycooperative.press.uiuc.edu/journals/ahr/107.3/ah0302000821.html *''RBSE - Revista Brasileira de Sociologia da Emoção''. João Pessoa, GREM https://web.archive.org/web/20070316125259/http://www.cchla.ufpb.br/rbse/Index.htmlSee also
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