Jazz in Social Interaction
Personal Creativity, Collective Constraint, and Motivational Explanation in the Social Thought of Howard S. Becker
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2481166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Katz (0000-0002-2649-610X, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 253-279 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| 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.1994.17.3.253 |
| OpenAlex | W1980463069 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 20 |
Although symbolic interactionist studies are often thought to abandon motivational explanation in favor of a focus on social process, the interactionist tradition has usefully employed two deterministic themes. One is inherent in the appreciation of the actor's inescapable sense of interactional significance for behavior that will be socially witnessed. A second deterministic theme appreciates external constraints on the individual's perception and generation of social acts. The former shapes all work in symbolic interactionism. The latter has been developed most consistently in the work of Howard S. Becker. Without addressing the matter as such, Becker has worked with a series of ideas about constraint on individual motivation, ideas that are harmonious with the interactionist's understanding of personal creativity in social action. His writings invite a reconsideration of the supposed antagonism between the appreciation of interactive process and the understanding of motivational constraint. Becker's work on motivation is also notable for outlining a theory of increasing constraints through the life cycle, constraints which, if appreciated by the actor, carry paradoxically liberating implications. The distinctive interplay of personal creativity and collective constraint in his thought is succinctly captured by the metaphor of jazz in social interaction
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| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2022 (28) |
| Highly cited | No |