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The Interactionist Imagination

Studying Meaning, Situation and Micro-Social Order

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Editors:
  1. Michael Hviid Jacobsen

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Aalborg at Esbjerg, Aalborg Oest, Denmark

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  • Introduces readers to the key interactionist theorists in sociology during the 20th and 21st centuries

  • Outlines the history and development of interactionist social thought

  • Demonstrates the continuing relevance interactionism which has been regarded as an alternative perspective within sociology

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Hviid Jacobsen
    Pages 1-40

  3. Georg Simmel

    • Greg Smith
    Pages 41-70

  4. Robert E. Park

    • Suzie Guth
    Pages 71-94

  5. George Herbert Mead

    • Antony J. Puddephatt
    Pages 95-119

  6. Everett C. Hughes

    • Edward B. Davis
    Pages 121-144

  7. Herbert Blumer

    • Alex Dennis
    Pages 145-167

  8. Manford H. Kuhn

    • Michael A. Katovich
    Pages 169-194

  9. Erving Goffman

    • Michael Hviid Jacobsen
    Pages 195-232

  10. Harold Garfinkel

    • Dirk vom Lehn
    Pages 233-261

  11. Anselm L. Strauss

    • Jörg Strübing
    Pages 263-289

  12. Jack D. Douglas

    • Andrey Melnikov, Joseph A. Kotarba
    Pages 291-314

  13. Howard S. Becker

    • Marc Perrenoud
    Pages 315-339

  14. Stanford M. Lyman

    • Cecil E. Greek, Michael Hviid Jacobsen
    Pages 341-374

  15. Arlie R. Hochschild

    • Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Anders Petersen
    Pages 375-407

  16. Gary Alan Fine

    • Chiara Bassetti, Roberta Sassatelli
    Pages 409-434

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 435-442
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About this book

This book outlines the history and developments of interactionist social thought through a consideration of its key figures. Arranged chronologically, each chapter illustrates the impact that individual sociologists working within an interactionism framework have had on interactionism as perspective and on the discipline of sociology as such. It presents analyses of interactionist theorists from Georg Simmel through to Herbert Bulmer and Erving Goffman and onto the more recent contributions of Arlie R. Hochschild and Gary Alan Fine. Through an engagement with the latest scholarship this work shows that in a discipline often focused on macrosocial developments and large-scale structures, the interactionist perspective which privileges the study of human interaction has continued relevance. The broad scope of this book will make it an invaluable resource for scholars and students of sociology, social theory, cultural studies, media studies, social psychology, criminology and anthropology.

Reviews

“A history of any important intellectual perspective inevitably involves linked biographies. In this powerful and well-considered volume, Michael Hviid Jacobsen and his collaborators describe some of the main contributors of the interactionist perspective, perhaps the most vibrant sociological tradition of the Twentieth Century, and reveal why this approach matters. This volume will persuade the reader of the value of interaction as crucial to understanding social order.” (Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern University, USA)

“This is a sterling collection of essays that explicates the work of the founding framers, late twentieth-century paladins, and some of today’s luminaries in symbolic interactionism. The “interactionist imagination” is the best sociological imagination because it weaves together structure and agency in sociological explanation. Jacobsen’s project demonstrates that the interactionist imagination deserves center stage in the interpretation of human events.” (Gil Richard Musolf, Central Michigan University, USA, and editor of “Studies in Symbolic Interaction”)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Aalborg at Esbjerg, Aalborg Oest, Denmark

    Michael Hviid Jacobsen

About the editor

Michael Hviid Jacobsen is Professor of Sociology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has published extensively on sociology and social theory.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Interactionist Imagination

  • Book Subtitle: Studying Meaning, Situation and Micro-Social Order

  • Editors: Michael Hviid Jacobsen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58184-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58183-9Published: 17 July 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58184-6Published: 01 July 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 442

  • Topics: Social Theory, Cultural Studies, Social Anthropology, Personality and Social Psychology

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