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Social Movement Theorists Are Now Looking at the Role of Emotions

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Social movement theorists are now looking at the role of emotions. Which of the following is not true about the role of emotions in the study of social movements?


A) Social scientists still know little about the emotions that accompany and shape collective identity.
B) The dichotomy of rationality versus emotion is a major significant dichotomy in the study of social movements and political decision making.
C) Emotions influence the course of development of a social movement while the movement's development and its victories and failures also influence the participants' emotions.
D) Some social scientists argue we need to integrate the study of emotions into social movements because an analysis that disregards emotional dimensions of attachments and commitments is incapable of explaining the determination of activists in the face of high risk.

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