Herbert Blumer and qualitative method
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12213623 |
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| Authors | M Hammersley (0000-0001-6842-6276, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-36 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-8398 • E-ISSN: 1366-5898 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0951839900030103 |
| OpenAlex | W2155146870 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
Herbert Blumer's work provides a powerful rationale for qualitative methodology. Early in his career Blumer recognized a dilemma in social research. On the one hand, a scientific approach may be essential to understand and control human events. On the other, such an approach may not adequately capture the meanings of social action. Blumer did not believe that increasingly intricate applications of statistical method would help social scientists understand how people interpret the situations they face and how they construct actions. Drawing on the work of fellow Chicagoans, Blumer applied a naturalistic approach to the questions of social science. This article examines Blumer's naturalistic method and asks if it deals successfully with the dilemma that he identified at the start of his career
Action (physics · Construct (python library · Dilemma · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Interactionism · Naturalism · Naturalistic observation · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · Computer Science · Educational Research and Analysis · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Social Psychology · Statistics Education and Methodologies
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Symbolic Interactionism
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Comment on Lewis' “The Classic American Pragmatists As Forerunners to Symbolic Interactionism”
Comment on Herbert Blumer's Paper
What Is Wrong with Social Theory
Ethnography
Mead vs. Blumer
"An Appraisal of Thomas and Znaniecki's "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America
Critiques of Research in the Social Sciences
The myths of the Chicago School
What is Wrong with Social Theory
Mead and Blumer
The Taxi-Dance Hall
The Gold Coast and the Slum
Interpreting the Sociological Classics
The Problem of the Concept
The Chicago School of Sociology, 1918-1933
The Classic American Pragmatists As Forerunners To Symbolic Interactionism
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