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On face-work; an analysis of ritual elements in social interaction.

Erving Goffman
- 01 Aug 1955 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 3, pp 213-231
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This article is published in Psychiatry MMC.The article was published on 1955-08-01. It has received 2287 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social relation & Personality disorders.

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On the meaning of the notion of conflict and its study in social psychology

TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt is made to critically analyze the notion of conflict as social psychology has defined it and as Social psychology has developed it with models of non-zero sum games imported from game theory.
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Old Paths and New Directions: Studying Emotions in the Workplace

TL;DR: The study of emotions in the workplace is a vibrant area of research that has grown considerably over the last 25 years as mentioned in this paper, and new directions for future research have been charted, including new methodological directions that can be pursued in future research on emotions in work and organizational settings.
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Afterword: materialities, care, ‘ordinary affects’, power and politics

TL;DR: This paper explores how the papers in this volume offer ways of thinking about materialities of care in terms of political ecologies, including hierarchies of value as well as assemblages, in which strategic agendas are made present in everyday practices, with profound and ordinary affects.
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The role of identity in conflict

TL;DR: In this article, identity plays a vital role in social conflict, as it is fundamental to how individuals and collectivities see and understand themselves in conflict, delineating who is "us" and "them" and providing legitimacy and justification for individual and group aspirations.
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Negotiation of Face between Bereaved Parents and Their Social Networks

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify how the face needs of parents and their social network is communicatively negotiated and highlight ways in which both the parents' and others' positive and negative faces were co-managed.