Structure and Agency in Everyday Life
An Introduction to Social Psychology
- Textbook
Structure and Agency in Everyday Life
An Introduction to Social Psychology
- Textbook
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Structure and Agency in Everyday Life is the only social interacionist text that emphasizes in all aspects of everyday life the tension between social constraints and social transformation. This second edition greatly expands the discussion of the relationship between structure and agency and coverage of the role of human emotions. Unique also is the text's review of the social and ideological context in which symbolic interactionism arose: the nature/nurture debate, the rise of corporate capitalism, and the decline of social Darwinism. It explores contemporary interactionism under the rubrics of society, self, and mind, highlighting Erving Goffman's work. New also is a comparison and contrast between 'personality' and 'self' as explanatory concepts for understanding social behavior. New in this edition 1. The Structure and Agency perspective greatly expanded. 2. More on race, gender, power, and ideology and discourse. 3. New coverage of Phatic Communication. 4. More on the history of personality, sources of decline of personality, challenges to personality concept and theory, and role-taking.
Table of Contents
Part I 2 Part I: The Social Nature of Human Nature
Chapter 2 3 The Social and Ideological Context of Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 3 4 William James and James Mark Baldwin
Chapter 4 5 Charles Horton Cooley, W.I. Thomas, and John Dewey
Chapter 5 6 George Herbert Mead
Part II 7 Part II: Macrosociological Structres
Chapter 6 8 Society: The Structural Context of Interaction
Chapter 7 9 Structures of Social Interaction
Chapter 8 10 Contemporary Conceptions of the Self
Chapter 9 11 Mind
Part III 12 Part III: Socialization
Chapter 10 13 Interactionism and the Child: Cahill, Corsaro, and Denzin on Childhood Socialization
Chapter 11 14 Socialization and Emotions
Chapter 12 15 Gender and Power
Part IV 16 Part IV: Deviance
Chapter 13 17 The Interactionist Conception of Deviance
Chapter 14 18 Conclusion
Product details
| Published | 28 Jun 2003 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 368 |
| ISBN | 9781461715313 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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