Self and Society A Symbolic Interactionist Social Psychology
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
John P. Hewitt is Professor (Emeritus) of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received his PhD in Sociology from Princeton University.
David Shulman is an Associate Professor and Department Head of Anthropology and Sociology at Lafayette College. He received his PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University. He is author of From Hire to Liar: The Role of Deception in the Workplace (Cornell University Press, 2007), co-author (with Gary Alan Fine) of Talking Sociology 5th edition (Allyn and Bacon, 2002) and co-editor (with Ira Silver) of Academic Street Smarts: Informal Professionalization of Graduate Students (American Sociological Association 2008). His scholarship addresses the subjects of deception, impression management and symbolic interaction.
Self and Society is a clearly written, up-to-date, and authoritative introduction to the symbolic interactionist perspective in social psychology and in sociology as a whole. Filled with examples, this book has been used not only in the classroom, but also cited in literature as an authoritative source. Self and Society is not a distillation of textbook knowledge, but rather, a thoughtful, well-organized presentation that makes its own contribution to the advancement of symbolic interactionism.
IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 3 Identity, Social Settings and the Self
Chapter 4 Defining Reality and Accounting for Behavior
Chapter 5 Understanding and Constructing Social Order
Chapter 6 Applications of the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism
What is Social Psychology?
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
Other Theoretical Approaches
Learning Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Exchange Theory
Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology
Social Cognition
Social Constructionism
Postmodernism
Major Tenets of Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism
Symbols
The Nature of Symbols
The Consequences of Symbols
Objects
What is an Object?
Objects and Language
Acts and Social Acts
Phases of the Act
Self and the Control of Behavior
Self as Object
Self as Process
Roles and the Definition of Situations
Situations
Role
Role Making and Role Taking
Role Taking as a Generalized Skill
The Place of Emotions
Chapter 3 Identity, Social Settings and the Self
Learning the Social World
Stages of Socialization
Everyday Experience, Self and Impression Management
Performances as Cumulative Expectations
Conning Consciousness and Individual Agency
Identity: The Self as a Social Object
How We Produce Situated Identities
The Experience of Situated Identity
Social and Personal Identity
Social Identity
Personal Identity
Self-Image: Knowing the Self
Self-Esteem
The Self, Motive, and Motivation
Identity and Motivation
Self-Esteem and Motivation
The Self and the Social Order
Limitations on the Choice of Roles
Limitations on the Choice of Others
Limitations on the Choice of Stories
The Self in Contemporary Society
Chapter 4 Defining Reality and Accounting for Behavior
Role-Making and Role-Taking in Routine Situations
Reality Is Not Just There—We Define What Is Real
The Cognitive Bases of Role Making and Role Taking
Typification
Cognitive Theories and Inferential Heuristics
Causality
Means and Ends
Normative Standards
Substantive Congruency
Aligning Actions
Disclaimers
Accounts
Emotions and Social Interaction
Constraint and Social Interaction
Chapter 5 Understanding and Constructing Social Order
Social Order as Coordinated Activity
Influence
Creating Social Bonds
Solving Problems and Trust
The Negotiated Order
Talking
Explaining Disorder
Social Problems
Chapter 6 Applications of the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Variations on Total Institutions
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- Thorough update and rewrite, with new research and applications from the recent SI literature (the ideas of accounts, “disneyification,” dramaturgy and impression management, influence and persuasion, inferential heuristics, emotional labor, ethnomethodology, total institutions and trust.)
- New applications of symbolic interactionist ideas, including to celebrities, consumer behavior, casino design, doublespeak, high school bullying, malls, moral panics and websites.
- A new postscript provides applied exercises for readers interested in working further with the book’s ideas.
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
John P. Hewitt is Professor (Emeritus) of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received his PhD in Sociology from Princeton University.
David Shulman is an Associate Professor and Department Head of Anthropology and Sociology at Lafayette College. He received his PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University. He is author of From Hire to Liar: The Role of Deception in the Workplace (Cornell University Press, 2007), co-author (with Gary Alan Fine) of Talking Sociology 5th edition (Allyn and Bacon, 2002) and co-editor (with Ira Silver) of Academic Street Smarts: Informal Professionalization of Graduate Students (American Sociological Association 2008). His scholarship addresses the subjects of deception, impression management and symbolic interaction.