Substance and Style

An Appraisal of the Sociological Legacy of Herbert Blumer

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2480931
AutoresSheldon Stryker (Indiana University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1988
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas33-42
Fecha de publicación1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/si.1988.11.1.33
OpenAlexW2011102549
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas11

The substance and the style of Herbert Blumer's legacy to sociology are examined. Examining the former proceeds by specifying essentials and nonessentials of a symbolic interactionist framework, and by distinguishing between Blumer's ideas that do and do not contribute toward the objective of general explanatory theory premised on the framework together with rigorous tests of such theory using a full arsenal of research methods and techniques. Examining the latter proceeds by suggesting that Blumer's style of combative and oppositional argumentation, while not without its utility, has contributed to a present-day scholasticism within symbolic interactionism that inhibits the development of the framework

Argumentation theory · Epistemology · Interactionism · Pragmatism · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Symbolic interactionism · The Symbolic · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics