SOC 101 Lecture 14: SOC101 E 11062017
Note Set 13 11/6/2017
Symbolic Interactions (SI)
I. Symbolic Interactions = weakness micro theory of society
- G.H Mead
i. Book = “mind, self, ad society”= wrote based on students notes
ii. People act in ters of symbols + meaning
- Economic + Philosophical manuscripts of 1844
- Das Kapital= 3rd book
II. Erving Goffman (Penn)
- Presentation of self in Everyday Life = Book
- Dramaturgy:
i. Take concept of stage into social life
ii. We are always playing a part for someone else.
iii. We are simultaneously on a Front stage and in the Backstage too.
iv. Actors rely on co-stars to validate their rate.
- Role strain= when two performances conflict with each other