Self and society: A symbolic interactionist social psychology - Softcover

Hewitt, John P

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9780205126354: Self and society: A symbolic interactionist social psychology

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ISBN 10: 0205126359 ISBN 13: 9780205126354

Publisher: Allyn and Bacon, 1991

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This text presents the basic concepts and theoretical insights of symbolic interactionism for a wide range of students, comparing this perspective with others in social psychology. This sixth edition presents the essential concepts derived from Mead and other figures in sociology; explains the origins, development and significance of the self; analyzes the processes of definition of the situation, role-making and role-taking that underlie the formation of conduct in social interaction; shows how everyday social interaction is linked to larger social structures; examines the significance of deviant behaviour for the social order; and examines the social uses of symbolic interactionism.

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Key Benefit: Self and Society is a clearly written, authoritative statement of the symbolic interactionist perspective. Cited as an authoritative source, it is a thoughtful, well-organized presentation that makes its own contribution to the advancement of SI. A clear, systematic examination of social interactions shows how everyday conduct is created. The comparison of SI with other perspectives puts SI in intellectual context. An analysis of social psychological ideas in a sociological context deals with problems of structure/agency and macro/micro social order. Key Topics: Contains an expanded discussion of symbols, and with the elimination of material on evolution, the chapter is more compact with a clearer introduction to the basic concepts in Chapter Two. Chapter Three, dealing with the self, has been extensively rewritten with a more compact and yet more complete and focused discussion of identity and self esteem. Chapter Five, on social psychology and social order has a new section on boundaries--age, gender, race, etc. as major constituents of social order. Updated examples and references are provided throughout the book.

About the Author:

John P. Hewitt is Professor (Emeritus) of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received his PhD in Sociology from Princeton University.

David Shulman is an Associate Professor and Department Head of Anthropology and Sociology at Lafayette College. He received his PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University. He is author of From Hire to Liar: The Role of Deception in the Workplace (Cornell University Press, 2007), co-author (with Gary Alan Fine) of Talking Sociology 5th edition (Allyn and Bacon, 2002) and co-editor (with Ira Silver) of Academic Street Smarts: Informal Professionalization of Graduate Students (American Sociological Association 2008). His scholarship addresses the subjects of deception, impression management and symbolic interaction.

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