SOCIOL 2Z03 Lecture Notes - George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Ethnomethodology
18 Jun 2013
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Interpretive approach: aims to understand the experiences of people in society, major figures and schools of though. 1) max weber developed the concept of verstahen" this means empathetic understanding. He said that socio need to understand individual behaviour by putting themselves in that persons shoes. 2) george herbert mead influenced by the interpretive approach and what weber had said, and built upon it. Mead was mostly interested in micro (unlike weber) He talked about the interpretive role of taking on the role of other. He said we have to put ourselves in the shoes of others to get a perspective on thing they say/do. Mead also focused on symbols in social interaction. This included things like language, symbols, the non-verbal clues or body language these symbols are learnt, shared and interpreted. Schools of thought chapter 2: symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology.
