Herbert Blumer
A Pilgrimage With Pragmatism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2480936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles W Tucker (University of South Carolina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-124 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Symbolic Interaction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/si.1988.11.1.99 |
| OpenAlex | W1980452721 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article is an examination of Herbert Blumer's lifelong effort to perpetuate pragmatism raises serious questions about the future of the social sciences. He tried, through critical analyses, to tell social scientists how to make their fields scientific. Opposition to this effort was overwhelming and eventually weakened his own perspective and thus his influence in the discipline. The story of Blumer provides several lessons for future social scientists. It is intended that these lessons to be useful to those who still believe in a scientific social science
Epistemology · Opposition (politics · Perspective (graphical · Pilgrimage · Political science · Pragmatism · Social science · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
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What Is Wrong with Social Theory
The Founding of the American Sociological Review
Systematic Empiricism
Studies in the Nature of Truth
Mead vs. Blumer
"An Appraisal of Thomas and Znaniecki's "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America
Critiques of Research in the Social Sciences
Les Idees traditionalistes en France
Recent Discussion Regarding Social Psychology
"Sociological Analysis and the "Variable
A Note on Symbolic Interactionism
Sociological Theory in Industrial Relations
Pragmatism and Social Interactionism
What is Wrong with Social Theory
Mead and Blumer
Public Opinion and Public Opinion Polling
Systematic Empiricism
Attitudes and the Social Act
Conversation with Herbert Blumer
What George Mead Should Have Said
Conversation With Herbert Blumer
Operational Definitions in the Social Sciences
The Imputation of Motives
The Problem of the Concept in Social Psychology
May the Twelfth
Social Disorganization and Individual Disorganization
Science Without Concepts
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2026 (38) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |