SY101 Lecture 4: Lecture 4
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China & india (studied in china and india) Expanded the view of capitalism to economics and politics. George herbert mead (1863-1931) considered to be the founder of symbolic interactionism. A perspective that analyzes very small aspects of society. Subjective meanings that people attach to their own behavior. People don"t just react to social reality, they help to create it. Focus on the general expectations of behaviors in society that people carry with them. Important subfield that comes from the work of goffman. Social life = drama on a stage. We go through life preforming or playing different roles. Related to the business of impression management, how we all work to create a specific social persona. There is no single specific self, we are all a mix of personas that we play under specific circumstances. Higher status gets more laughs while lower status gives more laughs. Born into a wealthy english family, had to hide her intellect, rigid sex roles.
