Thomas J. Scheff

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Thomas J. Scheff (* 1929 ) is an American sociologist who specializes primarily in emotions , social relationships , mental illness , justice, and collective violence . He received a Bachelor of Arts in physics from the University of Arizona in 1950 and a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1960 . He taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1959 to 1963 before becoming Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara .

Works

Monographs

  • 2011 What's Love Got to Do with It? The Emotional World of Pop Songs. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers
  • 2006 Goffman Unbound: A New Paradigm for Social Science. Paradigm Publishers.
  • 2002 Toward a sociological imagination: bridging specialized fields. Co-edited with Bernard Phillips and Harold Kincaid. University Press of America
  • 1997 Emotions, the Social Bond, and Human Reality: Part / Whole Analysis Cambridge University Press
  • 1996 Strategy for Community Conferences: Shame and the Social Bond (with S. Retzinger, B. Galaway and J. Hudson, Eds.). International Perspectives on Restorative Justice. Crim. Justice Press
  • 1996 Crime, Shame, and Community: Mediation against Violence. Wellness Foundation / U. of California, Distinguished Lecture Series, Vol. VI.
  • 1994 Bloody Revenge: Emotion, Nationalism and War. Westview Press.
  • 1991 Emotion and Violence: Shame and Rage in Destructive Conflicts. (with SM Retzinger) Lexington Books. (Reissued in 2001 by iUniverse)
  • 1990 Microsociology: Emotion, Discourse, and Social Structure. Univ. of Chicago Press
  • 1979 Catharsis in Healing, Ritual and Drama University of California Press (Reissued by iUniverse 2001)
  • 1975 Labeling Madness. Spectrum Books
  • 1967 Mental Illness and Social Processes. Harper and Row , (edited collection of articles)
  • 1966 Being Mentally Ill: A Sociological Theory. Aldine Press . New Editions, 1984, and 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Scheff .
  2. ^ Goffman Unbound !: A New Paradigm for Social Science ( English ), 1st. 2nd edition, Routledge, September 17, 2006, ISBN 9781594511967 .
  3. ^ Toward a Sociological Imagination: Bridging Specialized Fields ( English ). UPA, July 9, 2002, ISBN 9780761823421 .
  4. ↑ Thomas J. Scheff: Labeling madness ( en ). Prentice-Hall, January 1, 1975, ISBN 9780135173596 .
  5. ↑ Thomas J. Scheff: Mental illness and social processes ( en ). Harper & Row, January 1, 1967.
personal data
SURNAME Scheff, Thomas J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1929