Despite the prevalence of symbolic interaction’s theory of the self, alongside alternative implicit models in dual-process and practice theory, sociology continues to struggle with incorporating affect into models of the self. To address this gap, we distinguish between the conventional sociological understanding of Goffman’s self as cynical and masked and an alternative construct we excavate by paying close attention to negative cases like Goffman’s Asylums and Stigma. This alternative theory of self treats self and situation not as one-sided but as mutually constitutive. Unlike most models of self, our alternative is continuously motivated by humans’ desire to maintain reputation within a given situation; reputation making is dependent on the situation, and its ceremonial rules provide the context for the self’s realization of affective rewards. After considering how reputational claims around ceremonial rules reveal an affectively driven, moral self, we consider the theoretical and methodological implications of the theory for major strands within symbolic interactionism.

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道德、情感和声誉在塑造积极的社会自我中的作用

尽管符号互动的自我理论盛行，并且伴随着双重过程和实践理论中的替代隐式模型，社会学仍然在努力将情感纳入自我模型。为了解决这一差距，我们区分了传统社会学对戈夫曼自我的愤世嫉俗和掩盖的理解，以及我们通过密切关注戈夫曼庇护和耻辱等负面案例而挖掘的替代结构。这种另类的自我理论并不认为自我和处境是单方面的，而是相互构成的。与大多数自我模型不同，我们的替代方案是由人类在特定情况下维持声誉的愿望不断激发的；声誉的建立取决于具体情况，其仪式规则为自我实现情感奖励提供了背景。在考虑了围绕仪式规则的声誉主张如何揭示情感驱动的道德自我之后，我们考虑了该理论对符号互动主义主要分支的理论和方法论含义。