SOC 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Symbolic, Symbolic Interactionism, Erving Goffman
21 Jan 2016
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Society can be thought of as a symbolic order as much as an economic one: people behave differently depending on how they interpret the. We are constantly interpreting and reading signs and symbols around us symbols: symbolic interactionism, interpret symbols and decode and give it meaning, human interaction is presented through actors us. We are always "reading" other people and other people are always "reading: reading other people"s behaviour is important. The social world and interaction is symbolically coded: part of our socialization process if decoding these symbols, we will become more skilled this way, class has a symbolic dimension to it. Consistency between the impression you give to people and the perception they have of you/how they treat you. Weber differentiated between class, status groups, and parties. Each had their own particular source or power in society, although weber noted that the three can operate together. This article suggests that classes can be a self aware and self identified.
