1st Edition
Deciphering Goffman The Structure of his Sociological Theory Revisited
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Diverging interpretations
Chapter 1. Between opposing schools of thought
Chapter 2. Dominant sociology and modern epistemology
Chapter 3. Non-modern approaches
Part II. The philosophical base
Chapter 4. Simmel, American pragmatism, and Goffman
Part III. Theoretical background
Chapter 5. Theoretical principles
Part IV. The structure of Goffman’s sociological theory
Chapter 6. The selection of concepts
Chapter 7. The willing adjustment and remedial action
Chapter 8. The necessary adjustment and defensive action
Chapter 9. The hinge principle
Conclusions
Biography
Ramón Vargas Maseda has lectured at the Ibero-American University, the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico, and, most recently, in the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he was Professor of Sociology.
