SOCIOL 3P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Contemporary Sociology, Erving Goffman
1 Feb 2018
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As a si he focused on observing how society and structures and communities work. Thought that scientist deductive ways are missing out if they don"t observe (his critique of science) The tensions between political and public engagement and scholarship: (goffman and si) is not interested in politics or changing the world or attacking inequality. Refer to his critique of science ^ The micro, macro and meso levels of analysis : micro. He was a micro durkheim theorist - suicide. Symbolic interaction looks at micro - dramatical theory. He had a controversial personality: he was socially awkward but theorist of social skills. The sociological roots of sociological creativity: marginality and exclusion in social theory. Marginalized in terms of his research methods. Took from magazines, films, experiences not very credible. Extra notes (main theories and terms good to know) : Dramaturgical perspective (more si) all the world"s a stage and we are all actors. All activities designed for overall aims of institution.
