SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: W. I. Thomas, Symbolic Interactionism, Herbert Blumer
5 May 2016
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Introduction and historical overview: what is symbolic interactionist theory, the emergence and development of symbolic interactionist theory. 1) the chicago school in the 19200s and 1930s: william isaac thomas, charles horton cooley, george herbery mead, the emergence and development of symbolic interactionist theory. 2) decline of the chicago school after in 1930s. Presentation of the self in everyday life (1959: the continuing impact of symbolic interactionist theory. The theoretical ideas of cooley: the looking-glass self. This concept has three elements/components (i. 1)imagine how we appear to others (i. 2)imagine what their judgment of that appearance must be. This develop a sense of self (i. 3)develop a positive or negative self-feeling as a result of imagining the judgment of others. He isn"t just looking the way we see looks, but also personality and intelligence appears to others ( not only physical traits) We might see that we appear to be intelligent to others. Than we imagine individuals have favourable judgment of us.
