Homans on Exchange: Hedonism Revived

Abrahamsson, Bengt

doi:10.1086/224933

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“…Our expectations differ for each of the relationships in which we are involved. How do we reckon what we consider 'fair exchange' (Abrahamson, 1970)? This is a problem met in different ways by different theorists.…”

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Interpersonal relationships - in quest of a science

Hinde¹

1978

Psychol. Med.

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SynopsisInterpersonal relationships pose problems additional to those arising from social behaviour. If there is to be a science of interpersonal relationships, it must rest on a firm descriptive base. It is suggested that the following categories of dimensions are likely to prove useful: the content of the interactions within the relationship; their diversity; their qualities; their relative frequency and patterning; the nature of their reciprocity v. complementarity; and the intimacy, interpersonal congruency and commitment between the participants. A science of relationships will also require principles concerned with their dynamics. Three likely categories are those concerned with social constraints, with learning, and with positive and negative feedback. Principles concerned with learning will require an adequate categorization of the resources used in interpersonal interactions. The specification of these principles depends on the adequacy of the descriptive base.

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Section: (Ii) Principles Concerned With Learningmentioning

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Interpersonal relationships - in quest of a science

Hinde¹

1978

Psychol. Med.

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“…It is likewise the fate of Homansian exchange theory, which also ultimately rests on the thesis of psychological egoism (Abrahamsson 1970).…”

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Religion, Rationality, and Experience: A Response to the New Rational Choice Theory of Religion

Jerolmack

Porpora

2004

Sociological Theory

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This paper is a critical response to the newest version of the rational choice theory of religion (RCTR). In comparison with previous critiques, this paper takes aim at RCTR's foundational assumption of psychological egoism and argues that the thesis of psychological egoism is untenable. Without that thesis, the normative aspects of religious commitment cannot be reduced validly to instrumental reason. On neither conceptual nor empirical grounds therefore can religion or religious commitment be defined comprehensively in terms of exchange theory. With the failure of psychological egoism as a point of departure, the paper articulates an alternative theory of religion, one based on the epistemic rationality grounded in religious experience and religious emotion.

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“…197~, Abrahamsson, 1970). (ii) Exchange theory overemphasizes calculation of gains and losses and the capacity of actors to make such calculations Cooper, 1971, Abrahamsson, 1970).…”

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“…(iii) &dquo;Reward&dquo; is often taken for granted or viewed in the most mechanical way (Abrahamsson, 1970) with little or no attempt to analyze the values an actor assigns to what others offer. In general, there has been a serious neglect of actors' interpretations and evaluations of acts and, in particular, exchange acts.…”

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A Structural Theory of Social Exchange

Burns

1973

Acta Sociologica

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A theory is formulated with which to analyze transactions in social retationships Economic types of exchange characterized by calculation and self-interest on the part of the actors are contrasted with more "social" forms of transaction such as occur in the cases of role relationships with interlocking rights and obligations and persons strongly attached to one another. The social factors and conditions determining the types of transaction likely to occur between actors are examined in the paper. The key idea in this respect is that the structural and temporal context of interaction, including the past and anticipated character of their relationship, affects actors' orientations toward one another, their preferences, decisions and interaction patterns.

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Homans on Exchange: Hedonism Revived

Cited by 29 publications

References 11 publications

Interpersonal relationships - in quest of a science

Interpersonal relationships - in quest of a science

Religion, Rationality, and Experience: A Response to the New Rational Choice Theory of Religion

A Structural Theory of Social Exchange

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