MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: George Herbert Mead, Frame Analysis, Herbert Blumer
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German sociologist max weber and the american sociologist. Both of them emphasized that individuals act in accordance with their interpretation of the world, their subjective meanings of the world and not necessarily the world as it objectively exists. Blumer who was a student of mead"s, coined the phrase. Scholars too often ignore that everything in the world such as physical objects, persons, categories, ideals, institutions, activities, events, etc carries meaning for humans and, thus, shapes their attitudes and actions. For blumer, meaning is not only central to all human behavior, but is also complex. one has with one"s fellows. meaning is neutral, self evident, and uncontested. Blumer is pointing to the individual as well as the collective character of meaning. Interactionists do this by attending and analyzing patterns of communication and behavior in relation to specific contexts or aspects of social life rather than by examining broad scale social systems and structures.
