SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Labeling Theory
3 Nov 2016
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09/28/2016 lecture 7 (c3: explaining deviance: the perception, reaction, and power) I(cid:374)terpreti(cid:448)ist approa(cid:272)hes: dra(cid:449) atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) to people(cid:859)s i(cid:374)tersu(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)gs of the (cid:449)orld around them, other people and themselves. Nonpositivist theorizing offers a subjective view. Ca(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e see it a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)stead (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e told that a (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour/(cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272) is. Interest not at all in the act, but in the perceptions of and reactions to the act deviant. Self emerges through symbolic communication (implies only humans have a sense of self) Self is made up of two parts: the i source of impulse and action, the me your awareness as yourself as a meaningful object in society. The self is partly a product of how other people treat you. This suggests that nothing is inherently deviant. Symbolic communication establishes what is deviant (hos nothing to do with the object) Deviance is anything labelled as such through meaningful communication. Deviance is in the eye of the beholder.
