Symbolic Interactionism and the Concept of Social Structure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7103902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Dennis (0000-0003-4625-1123, University of Salford, corresponding author), Peter J Martins (0000-0002-4292-7627, University of Manchester), Peter J Martin |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 287-305 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0237 • E-ISSN: 2162-1128 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00380237.2007.10571311 |
| OpenAlex | W2046324750 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 63 |
Although Blumer asserts that to deny the existence of "structure" in human society is "ridiculous," just such a denial has commonly been attributed to him. The more conventional mainstream understanding of structure in sociology, however, is theoretically incoherent, as demonstrated by classic and modern studies of, for example, stratification. Blumer's sociology is shown, with particular reference to its bases in the pragmatist tradition, to provide an alternative understanding of structure that is both theoretically coherent and capable of empirical investigation. Furthermore, it is capable of dissolving the dilemma of structure and agency in contemporary sociological theory
Agency (philosophy · Denial · Dilemma · Epistemology · Interactionism · Mainstream · Politics · Pragmatism · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Social structure · Sociological theory · Sociology · Structure and agency · Symbolic interactionism · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Power and Interaction
The Persistence of the Power Deficit? Advancing Power Premises in Contemporary Interactionist Theory
Herbert Blumer
The Promise of Critical Interactionism
Symbolic Interactionism and the Myth Of Astructural Bias
The Spirit of Blumer's Method as a Guide to Sociological Discovery
Re-structuring the negotiated order of the hospital
Host gazes from an Islamic island
Classes in contemporary capitalism
A Second Chicago School?
Class, crisis, and the state
Labor and monopoly capital
Negotiations
Foundations of Sociology
Social Stratification and Occupations
Common-Sense and Scientific Interpretation of Human Action
The class structure of the advanced societies.
Method and Measurement in Sociology
Studies in ethnomethodology
Symbolic Interactionism
Social mobility and class structure in modern Britain
The coming crisis of western sociology
Introduction to the Science of Sociology
The Faultline of Consciousness
Psychiatric Ideologies and Institutions
Class, Status, Party
Labor and Monopoly Capital
What Is Wrong with Social Theory
The Concept of Class
Symbolic Interactionism and Cultural Studies
The Rules of Sociological Method
The Sociological Imagination
Applied Sociological Perspectives
The Micro-Macro Link
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge
Critiques of Research in the Social Sciences
George Herbert Mead
"Sociological Analysis and the "Variable
Symbolic Interactionism
George Herbert Mead
The social construction of reality
The American occupational structure
Symbolic interactionism and the concept of power
What is Wrong with Social Theory
The Chicago School, So-Called
From Max Weber
Mind, Self, and Society
George Herbert Mead
Parsons' 'Structure' in American Sociology
Good People and Dirty Work
Mead's Lost Conception of Society
Interactionism, Social Organization, and Social Processes
Women's Work and Theories of Class Stratification
Social Organization and Social Structure in Symbolic Interactionist Thought
Sociological Theory from the Chicago Dominance to 1965
Symbols and Contexts
Postmodern Thought in Symbolic Interaction
Structure, Institutions, Power, and Ideology
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |