Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method

Blumer, H.

ISBN 10: 0520056760 / ISBN 13: 9780520056763

Published by University of California Press, 1986

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0520056760.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520056760
• ISBN 13: 9780520056763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

About this title

Synopsis

This is a collection of articles dealing with the point of view of symbolic interactionism and with the topic of methodology in the discipline of sociology. It is written by the leading figure in the school of symbolic interactionism, and presents what might be regarded as the most authoritative statement of its point of view, outlining its fundamental premises and sketching their implications for sociological study. Blumer states that symbolic interactionism rests on three premises: that human beings act toward things on the basis of the meanings of things have for them; that the meaning of such things derives from the social interaction one has with one's fellows; and that these meanings are handled in, and modified through, an interpretive process.

About the Author

Herbert George Blumer earned his doctorate in 1928 at the University of Chicago and went on to teach there until 1951. He later became the founding chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1983 the American Sociological Association honored him with its Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, acknowledging the importance of his codification of the fundamental theoretical and methodological tenets of the sociological perspective that he called symbolic interactionism.