SOC 2109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Herbert Blumer, Symbolic Interactionism, Oliver Sacks
23 Feb 2018
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George mead (1863-1931: mind self, and society (1934, symbolic component of our interaction. Significant symbols: gesture that brings out the same meaning to the person initiating it as it does to in another. Emerges from interaction and ride. (depending on the environment) complex though. At a job interview vs. when you(cid:495)re at home alone: meaning shapes behaviour: can(cid:495)t eat the dead bodies, meaning emerge through social interaction: through face-to-face. Main premise of si: herbert blumer (1900-1987) interaction, they created rules about when, what, and who to eat, meanings can change: meaning of the bodies had changed. Social construction of reality (in everyday situations: people are constantly producing and negotiating reality, meaning is not in the action or in the individuals(cid:495) head: meaning emerge through interaction, note how: act in a self-directed manner, 1. Focus on agency (people create reality) [agency = individual(cid:495)s capacity to (cid:498)thomas theorem(cid:499): if individuals believe something to be true,
