Abstract.
The article analyzes the theory of emotions by the Australian sociologist and philosopher Jack Barbalet. His name is already known to the domestic reader from the works of V. G. Nikolaev, A. A. Semenchuk, O. A. Simonova and N. V. Romanovsky. However, an attempt to analyze J. Barbalet’s views on the role of emotions in the formation of interpersonal trust is being undertaken in Russian science for the first time. In this article, based on general scientific methods, the analysis of the most significant works of Barbalet’s, both in the early 1990s and recent years, is carried out. The author of the article identifies three variants of “negative” emotions in Barbalet’s theory which serve as the basis for the formation of interpersonal trust. This is how the emotions of anger, fear and boredom were examined. It has been shown that anger is based on a violation of the principles of trust, social justice and basic human rights. The reason for the appearance of anger in this case is a violation of status-role prescriptions, and anger itself is considered as “moral”. At the same time, the author of the article draws attention to how, according to Barbalet, anger is directed at the person who experiences the emotion themselves and is of the self-accusatory nature. At the same time, the author of the article identifies shortcomings and understatements in Barbalet’s theory, pointing out how little attention is paid to gender and socio-cultural aspects. An important section of the article is the author’s analysis of the influence of the fear of “losing face” on the formation of interpersonal trust, based on Barbalet’s work on the Chinese tradition of “Guangxi”. Separately, the article analyzes the influence of boredom on the formation of trust, which can be used not only in the field of theoretical, but also applied knowledge, for example, in the field of management. In general, the article shows that Jack Barbalet’s social philosophy is of scientific interest in the light of the modern “turn to emotions” in the humanities and social sciences.
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