John W Petras

Biographic Data

ID88048
NAMEJohn W Petras
GIVEN NAMESJohn W
FAMILY NAMEPetras
SIGNATUREPETRAS J W
AFFILIATIONSCentral Michigan University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS30
TOTAL CITATIONS87
AUTHOR COUNT30
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1968
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX3

  • The Chicago and Iowa Schools of Sysbolic Interactionism

    Bernard N Meltzer, John W PetrasCHAPTERHuman Nature and Collective…2023

    Although the nature of symbolic interaction theory has been explored and analyzed as a substantive school in itself, there have been no analyses of the variations that exist within the approach. This chapter explores the differences between two major variations within the interactionist orientation: the Chicago school and the Iowa school. During the past generation, the two foremost exponents of the symbolic interactionist orientation have been H…

  • The genesis of symbolic interactionism

    Bernard N Meltzer, John W Petras et al.CHAPTERSymbolic Interactionism2020

    It is difficult to define what constitutes symbolic interactionism as a theoretical perspective in sociology. In the interactionist image, human beings are defined as self-reflective beings. The interactionist view of human nature is built upon Cooley’s dictum that human nature is a group nature, as well as the idea that the self is a process that emerges out of the people. In the interactionist perspective, the individual is seen as existing in …

  • Varieties of symbolic interactionism

    Bernard N Meltzer, John W Petras et al.CHAPTERSymbolic Interactionism2020

    Contemporary symbolic interactionism comprehends several diverse schools of thought. Their number and character vary according to differing conceptions of the central ideas that constitute the general orientation. The ‘offshoots’ of interactionism are held to have stemmed from the essential ambiguities and contradictions in the Meadian statement of the general theory, particularly with regard to the issue of determinacy and indeterminacy in human…

  • Criticisms of Symbolic Interactionism

    Bernard N Meltzer, John W Petras et al.CHAPTERSymbolic Interactionism2020

    This chapter establishes a list of some representative criticisms, most of them recent, both of symbolic interactionism and of certain symbolic interactionists. It deals almost exclusively with present-day inter-actionists. The chapter examines these critical commentaries in an attempt to assess whether they tend to be of specific ‘types’ such that many of them can meaningfully be grouped together. The only classification is that distinguishing b…

  • Symbolic Interactionism

    Jeffrey Eugene Nash, Bernard N Meltzer et al.BOOKSymbolic Interactionism2020Cited by: 58

    Symbolic interactionsim is of major importance in contemporary sociology. In this study, three authorities in the field collaborate to define symbolic interactionism and to describe, and present criticism of, the interactionist perspective. The contributions of G.H. Mead, J. Dewey, C.H. Cooley, W.I. Thomas and other theorists to the interactionist viewpoint on human behaviour and social life are examined. There is a systematic discussion of the d…

  • The Social Meaning of Human Sexuality

    Steve S Elliott, John W PetrasARTICLEThe Family Coordinator1978

  • Symbolic Interactionism

    Open AccessA D Olmstead, Bernard N Meltzer et al.ARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Sociology1977

  • Binding with Briars

    John W Petras, Richard GinderARTICLEReview of Religious Research1977

  • Sex

    Roger W Libby, John W PetrasARTICLEThe Family Coordinator1976

  • Sex

    Arthur B Shostak, John W PetrasARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1976

  • Existential Sexuality

    John W Petras, Peter KoestenbaumARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1975

  • Images of persons in early American sociology part III

    Open AccessJames R Hayes, John W PetrasARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1974References: 7

  • George Herbert Mead's Theory of Self

    Open AccessJohn W PetrasARTICLECanadian Review of Sociology/Revue…1973References: 10

    Bien que la théorie du moi de George Herbert Mead soit considérée comme l'une des contributions les plus importantes au développement des sciences du comportement, la place de cette théorie dans le processus d'évolution des idées de Mead demeure peu connue. Par le biais d'une analyse des travaux de Mead, cet article conçoit cette théorie comme étant la convergence de ses intérêts en biologie, dans la réforme scolaire, en philosophic en psychologi…

  • How Symbolic Interactionists Can Practice What They Preach

    John W Petras, James R HayesARTICLETeaching Sociology1973

    W hile the perspective of symbolic interactionism has an established tradition among many American sociologists, the application of the perspective to the classroom situation has been surprisingly neglected-i.e., interactionists do not appear to differ in any significant fashion from their colleagues as far as teaching techniques are concerned. In addition to adhering to an interactionist perspective, we share the belief that the primary task of …

  • The Sociology of Knowledge in American Sociology

    Open AccessJames E Curtis, John W PetrasARTICLESocial Thought and Research1972Cited by: 1References: 92

    This paper examines the origins, development, and current status of the sociology of knowledge in American sociology. If a traditional and narrow definition of the sociology of knowledge is employed, few American studies appear to fall into this area of interest. However, when the sociology of knowledge is defined as a general frame of reference that is utilized in various research endeavors, definite orientations can be recognized. Most studies …

  • The Sociology of Sociology

    John W Petras, Larry T Reynolds et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1972

  • Note on a “bibliography on the sociology of sociology

    Open AccessJohn W Petras, James E CurtisARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1972

  • The Sociology of Sociology

    Open AccessJames E Curtis, John W PetrasARTICLESociological Quarterly1972Cited by: 3References: 41

    SOCIOLOGISTS HAVE long been aware of the existence of relations between sociocultural variables and the development of types of scientific knowledge. Until relatively recently, the systematic study of the importance of these relations for knowledge in the social sciences has been more or less overlooked. To be sure, there was speculation about the impact of social and cultural factors upon the works of intellectuals in early studies by Veblen (19…

  • Max Weber Today

    John W Petras, James E CurtisARTICLESociological Focus1971Cited by: 1References: 13

    Weber demonstrated that the conception of objective scientific knowledge in any sense of any empirical subject matter, is indissoluably bound up with the reality both of the normative aspect of action and of obstacles to the realization of norms. Science itself cannot be methodologically grounded without reference to the value element in the relation of wertbeziehung (Parsons, 1949:683)

  • The Sociology of Knowledge

    James R Hunter, James E Curtis et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1971Cited by: 14

  • Changes of emphasis in the sociology of W. I. Thomas

    Open AccessJohn W PetrasARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1970

  • Images of man in early American Sociology, part I

    Open AccessJohn W PetrasARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1970References: 1

  • Images of man in early american sociology, Part II the changing concept of social reform

    Open AccessCharlotte G O''Kelly, Charlotte G O'Kelly et al.ARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1970

  • Community Power, Power Studies and the Sociology of Knowledge

    James E Curtis, John W PetrasARTICLEHuman Organization1970Cited by: 2

    American social scientists have long been interested in community power structures, but most methodological and substantive developments in this area of research have occurred only in the past fifteen years or so. The published social science literature bearing on this topic now includes well over six hundred items written primarily by political scientists and sociologists. There have been over eighty systematic attempts to present an overall, co…

  • Mead as a Man of Knowledge

    Berenice M Fisher, George Herbert Mead et al.ARTICLEHistory of Education Quarterly1969Cited by: 1