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Goffman Unbound!: A New Paradigm for Social Science

By Thomas J. Scheff

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2006
ISBN
1594511950, 1594511969, 9781594511950, 9781594511967
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5591413 bytes)
Series
The Sociological Imagination
Pages
246\246
Time added
2017-02-17 13:45:38
Biographies & Memoirs;Arts & Literature;Ethnic & N

Description

One of the seminal sociologists of the twentieth century, Erving Goffman revolutionized our understanding of the microworld of emotions and relationships. We all live in this world every day of our lives, yet it is virtually invisible to us. Goffman's genius was to recognize and describe this world as no one had before. The book synthesizes prior scholarly commentary on Goffman's work, and includes biographical material from his life, untangling some of the many puzzles in Goffman's work and life. Scheff also proposes ways of filling gaps and false starts. One chapter explores the meaning of the emotion of love, another of hatred. These and other new directions could facilitate the creation of a microsocial science that unveils the emotional/relational world.

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