SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Herbert Blumer, Symbolic Interactionism, Labeling Theory
3 Dec 2018
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People are active in shaping their world. Reality is developed through interactions with others. Humans act toward things on the basis of the meanings they. Meanings come from the social interaction one has with others. Meanings change as we try to make sense of the things we encounter. Deviance is not a quality of the act the person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an. Offender. " the deviant is the one to whom that label has successfully been applied; deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label. (becker. Secondary deviance: societal reaction, internalizing the label. Shaming: social disapproval that invokes remorse in the person. Disintegrative shaming: involves no attempt to reconcile the being shamed and/or condemnation by others shamed offender with the community. Reintegrative shaming: includes efforts to reintegrate the offender back into the community through words, gestures of forgiveness, or ceremonies. Rooted in the work of karl marx.
