1st Edition

Erving Goffman From the Perspective of the New Sociology of Knowledge

By Jürgen Raab Copyright 2019
110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

While Erving Goffman’s books are among the most widely read sociological works, covering issues including the presentation of the self, total institutions, interaction order to frame analysis, they are in fact guided by a single theme: the analysis of the form of interaction in social situations and the role that individuals play in it. This book stresses Goffman’s central role as a sociological... Read more

Introduction



1. Erving Goffman: "Marginal Man" And "Key Sociological Thinker"



2. Intellectual Formation And Influences



3. Methodology And Procedures



4. Social Situations And The Self



5. Normality And Its Frames



6. Reception And Influence



Literature



Chronology



Index

Biography

Jürgen Raab is Professor for Sociology at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.