title: Anthropology and affect: a consideration of the idiosyncratic dimension of human behaviour.
abstract: In this paper a theoretical perspective is presented in which affect occupies a central position and behaviour is viewed in terms of different degrees of affective expression. Such behaviour is conceptualized in terms of three models: a structural model, a rational model and a psychological model. While the first two models are frequently encountered in the literature, the psychological model has not received explicit formulation, although, as shown here, it is crucial in understanding certain forms of idiosyncratic behaviour that have political and social relevance.
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012919:Social Behavior; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States