Interpretive Sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Adorjan (0000-0002-1900-2087, University of Calgary), Benjamin Kelly (0000-0001-6558-9600, Nipissing University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos0698 |
| OpenAlex | W4252451080 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
Interpretive sociology, at heart, embraces the principle that social life is subjective and that those who systematically study social life should attend to how people make sense and interpret their social world, actions, and identities. Inspired by Max Weber, it has influenced the emergence of symbolic interactionism and ethnomethodology, among other hermeneutically focused sociological paradigms. Interpretive sociologists often employ ethnography, participant observation, and interviewing in order to empirically situate analyses in the context of the lived experiences of social actors in their social world
Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Ethnomethodology · Interactionism · Interview · Participant observation · Social science · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · Anthropology · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |