Emotion is critical for cultural dynamics, that is, for the formation, maintenance, and transformation of culture over time. We outline the component micro- and macro-level processes of cultural dynamics, and argue that emotion not only facilitates the transmission and retention of cultural information, but also is shaped and crafted by cultural dynamics. Central to this argument is our understanding of emotion as a complete information package that signals the adaptive significance of the information that the agent is processing. It captures an agent’s appraisal about the relationship between themself and the object of emotional focus, as well as action orientation and allostasis in context. We discuss implications of this perspective in the context of the changing natural and geopolitical environment, and future cultural dynamics into the 21st century.

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文化动力学中的情感

情感对于文化动态至关重要，也就是随着时间的推移文化的形成，维持和转化至关重要。我们概述了文化动力学的微观和宏观组成部分，并认为情感不仅促进了文化信息的传递和保留，而且还受文化动力学的影响和塑造。该论点的核心是我们对情感的理解，认为情感是一个完整的信息包，表明代理正在处理的信息的适应性意义。它捕获了一个行为者对他们自己与情感焦点对象之间的关系以及行为取向和同情感的评估。我们将在不断变化的自然和地缘政治环境中讨论这种观点的含义，