Sociology today faces a number of serious challenges to its integrity as a discipline. As a synthesis of Weberian and Durkheimian traditions, the work of Randall Collins represents an innovative vindication of sociology in the early 21st century. This article explores Collins’s interaction ritual theory to demonstrate its contemporary utility. However, to highlight the importance of Collins’s work, it seeks to advance and refine it theoretically. Specifically, it seeks to develop Collins’s argument about the role of emotions and, specifically, effervescence, in rituals. This paper argues that, while important, effervescence alone cannot be sufficient to ensure the conformity which is a typical feature of interaction and essential to explaining social order. Drawing on Goffman, Asch and Scheff, the paper argues that effervescence is underpinned by more robust mechanisms of honour and shame, themselves immediately connected to access to collective goods. In this way, the paper affirms the importance of Randall Collins’s work for sociology today.

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情感、互动和结构代理问题：以兰德尔柯林斯的社会学为基础

今天，社会学作为一门学科的完整性面临着许多严峻的挑战。作为韦伯和涂尔干传统的综合，兰德尔柯林斯的工作代表了 21 世纪初社会学的创新证明。本文探讨了柯林斯的互动仪式理论，以展示其当代效用。然而，为了突出柯林斯工作的重要性，它试图在理论上推进和完善它。具体来说，它试图发展柯林斯关于情绪在仪式中的作用，特别是泡腾作用的论证。本文认为，虽然重要，但泡腾本身并不足以确保一致性，而一致性是交互的典型特征，对解释社会秩序至关重要。借鉴 Goffman、Asch 和 Scheff，该论文认为，泡腾是由更强大的荣誉和耻辱机制支撑的，这些机制本身与获得集体物品直接相关。通过这种方式，论文肯定了兰德尔柯林斯的工作对当今社会学的重要性。