A Sociology of the Absurd (The Reynolds Series in Sociology)

by Stanford M Lyman and Marvin B. Scott

Rom Harre (Foreword) and Rom Harré (Foreword)

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This work provides a crystallization and particularization of a school of sociological thinking variously called "creative sociology," "existential sociology," "phenomenological sociology," "conflict theory," and "dramaturgical analysis." The result is a methodological synthesis of the "dual" visions of Erving Goffman and Harold Garfinkel. This book equips the reader with a framework for providing adequate descriptions of those face-to-face encounters that make up everyday life. This edition includes essays not found in the first edition, as well as a new introduction that locates it in the spectrum of contemporary theorizing.
  • ISBN10 0930390857
  • ISBN13 9780930390853
  • Publish Date 1 January 1989
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint General Hall Inc.,U.S.
  • Edition Second Edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Language English