The sociology of social recognition: competition in social recognition games Universiteit Antwerpen
Evidence shows that social recognition works as a motive for many of peoples behavior. Within sociology, a longstanding tradition has shown that this recognition motive produces social and symbolic boundaries, encompassing consumption patterns and different lifestyles, and that the need for social recognition can, for example, explain violent behavior. In this paper, I provide a conceptual framework of how social interactions are affected by the ...