Microsociology

Author : Thomas J. Scheff
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226736679

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Microsociology by Thomas J. Scheff Pdf

Moving beyond the traditional boundaries of sociological investigation, Thomas J. Scheff brings together the study of communication and the social psychology of emotions to explore the microworld of thoughts, feelings, and moods. Drawing on strikingly diverse and rich sources—the findings of artificial intelligence and cognitive science, and examples from literary dialogues and psychiatric interviews—Scheff provides an inventive account of the nature of social life and a theory of motivation that brilliantly accounts for the immense complexity involved in understanding even the most routine conversation. "A major contribution to some central debates in social theory at the present time. . . . What Thomas Scheff seeks to develop is essentially a quite novel account of the nature of social life, its relation to language and human reflexivity, in which he insists upon the importance of a theory of emotion. . . . A work of true originality and jolting impact. . . . Microsociology is of exceptional interest, which bears witness to the very creativity which it puts at the center of human social contact." —Anthony Giddens, from the Foreword "Scheff provides a rich theory that can easily generate further exploration. And he drives home the message that sociological work on interaction, social bonds, and society cannot ignore human emotionality."—Candace Clark, American Journal of Sociology "This outstanding and ground-breaking little volume contains a wealth of original ideas that bring together many insights concerning the relationship of emotion to motivation in a wide variety of social settings. It is strongly recommended to all serious students of emotion, of society, and of human nature."—Melvin R. Lansky, American Journal of Psychiatry

Author : Kai-Olaf Maiwald,Inken Suerig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000556551

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Microsociology by Kai-Olaf Maiwald,Inken Suerig Pdf

This book offers an unprecedented, integrative account of the shape of social order on the microsocial level. Dealing with the basic dimensions of interaction, the authors examine the major factors which influence "structure" in social interaction by applying various theoretical concepts. Although the concept of "microsociology" is usually associated with symbolic interactionism, social psychology, the works of George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman and with qualitative methodologies, this book reaches beyond interactionist theories, claiming that no single school of thought covers the different dimensions necessary for understanding the basics of microsociology. As such, the book provides something of a microsociologist’s "tool kit," analyzing an array of theoretical approaches which offer the best conceptual solutions, and interpreting them in a way that is independent of their specific theoretical language. Such theoretical traditions include systems theory, conversation analysis, structuralism, the theory of knowledge and the philosophy of language. Providing a distinct, systematic and incremental approach to the subject, this book fills an important gap in sociological literature. Written in an accessible style, and offering new insights into the area of microsociology, it will appeal to students and scholars of the social sciences and to those with interests in sociology, microsociology, interactionism and sociological theory.

Author : Anthony Giddens,Simon Griffiths
Publisher : Polity
Page : 1121 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 9780745633794

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Sociology by Anthony Giddens,Simon Griffiths Pdf

This updated edition provides an ideal teaching text for first-year university and college courses.

Author : Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Publisher : Ahead Publishing House (imprint: Okcir Press)
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781888024685

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Student Spiritual Renaissances & Social Reconstructions by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi Pdf

This Fall 2002 (I, 2) issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge include student papers from coursework completed at SUNY-Oneonta, as well as a paper from a retiring faculty at SUNY-Oneonta (Dr. Donald A. Nielsen) whose exploration of Karl Mannheim’s sociology of knowledge inspired the title of the journal issue in terms of how the students awareness of the way various ideologies (and utopias) have shaped their lives are intimately dependent upon critically adopting a spiritually self-reflective and socially reconstructive orientation toward their own lives as part of the social realities they study. Topics are: “Editor’s Note: Spiritual Renaissances & Social Reconstructions,” “From Anti-man to Anti-patriarchy,” “Conspicuous Conflict,” “Repairing the Soul: Matching Inner with Outer Beauty,” “Defying the Sweatshop, Sociologically Speaking,” “Struggles and Predicaments of Low-Income Families and Children,” “Honor Thy Father and Mother,” “My Translucent Father,” “Mom and Dad’s Waltz: A Dance of Love and Sacrifice,” “Festus Ngaruka: Selected Poems & Commentary,” “Religion, Utopia, and Ideology: Reflections on the Problems of Spiritual Renaissance and Social Reconstruction in the Sociology of Karl Mannheim,” and “The Dialectics of World-History: A Guiding Thread.” Contributors include: Emily Margulies, L. M. Damian, Kristy Canfield, Steve Sacco, Jennifer VanFleet, Nancy Chapin, Katie J. Dubaj, Rena Dangerfield, Festus Ngaruka, Donald A. Nielsen, and Mohammad H. Tamdgidi (also as journal editor-in-chief).Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge is a publication of OKCIR: The Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics). For more information about OKCIR and other issues in its journal’s Edited Collection as well as Monograph and Translation series visit OKCIR’s homepage.

Author : Nathan Rousseau
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0742516318

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Self, Symbols, and Society by Nathan Rousseau Pdf

Students of social psychology can read in this new text original writings assembled from the founders of sociology in the nineteenth century to the latest influential works by contemporary sociologists today. Readers can gain from this book a greater appreciation of social history, deeper self-knowledge, and a heightened sense of civic concern and responsibility. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Betina Hollstein,Rainer Greshoff,Uwe Schimank,Anja Weiß
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110623512

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Soziologie - Sociology in the German-Speaking World by Betina Hollstein,Rainer Greshoff,Uwe Schimank,Anja Weiß Pdf

This book provides the first systematic overview of German sociology today. Thirty-four chapters review current trends, relate them to international discussions and discuss perspectives for future research. The contributions span the whole range of sociological research topics, from social inequality to the sociology of body and space, addressing pressing questions in sociological theory and innovative research methods. TOC: Introduction Culture / Uta Karstein and Monika Wohlrab-Sahr Demography and Aging / François Höpflinger Economic Sociology / Andrea Maurer Education and Socialization / Matthias Grundmann Environment / Anita Engels Europe / Monika Eigmüller Family and Intimate Relationships / Dirk Konietzka, Michael Feldhaus, Michaela Kreyenfeld, and Heike Trappe (Felt) Body. Sports, Medicine, and Media / Robert Gugutzer and Claudia Peter Gender / Paula-Irene Villa and Sabine Hark Globalization and Transnationalization / Anja Weiß Global South / Eva Gerharz and Gilberto Rescher History of Sociology / Stephan Moebius Life Course / Johannes Huinink and Betina Hollstein Media and Communication / Andreas Hepp Microsociology / Rainer Schützeichel Migration / Ludger Pries Mixed-Methods and Multimethod Research / Felix Knappertsbusch, Bettina Langfeldt, and Udo Kelle Organization / Raimund Hasse Political Sociology / Jörn Lamla Qualitative Methods / Betina Hollstein and Nils C. Kumkar Quantitative Methods / Alice Barth and Jörg Blasius Religion / Matthias Koenig Science and Higher Education / Anna Kosmützky and Georg Krücken Social Inequalities―Empirical Focus / Gunnar Otte, Mara Boehle, and Katharina Kunißen Social Inequalities―Theoretical Focus / Thomas Schwinn Social Movements / Thomas Kern Social Networks / Roger Häußling Social Policy / Birgit Pfau-Effinger and Christopher Grages Social Problems / Günter Albrecht Social Theory / Wolfgang Ludwig Schneider Society / Uwe Schimank Space. Urban, Rural, Territorial / Martina Löw Technology and Innovation / Werner Rammert Work and Labor / Brigitte Aulenbacher and Johanna Grubner List of Contributors Index

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Roxbury Publishing Company
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Microsociology
ISBN : UCSC:32106015114108

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Inside Social Life by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Publisher : Ahead Publishing House (imprint: Okcir Press)
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781888024692

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Student Life Courses & Social Policies by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi Pdf

The essays gathered in this debut (I, 1, Spring 2002) issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge were written by undergraduate students enrolled in various sociology courses offered at SUNY-Binghamton and SUNY-Oneonta. the issue also includes the editor’s paper on K. Mannheim, where the idea of a sociology of self-knowledge was born. What these courses shared was their common use of the sociology of self-knowledge as a strategy for learning about their respective subject matters. Each course required students to engage throughout the semester in an ongoing self-exploratory sociological research focusing on a specific unresolved issue, problem, or question still facing their everyday lives. They were required to link their self-explorations to the study of society at large through various course and outside readings and films studied in class throughout the semester. Topics were: “The Capitalist Cuckoo’s Nest,” “I only Thought I Knew It All: Society and the Individual,” “Why Is P Afraid to Love a Woman?,” “Teacher Recruitment and Retention: Personal Conflicts, Social Dilemmas,” “”Alien Nation,”” “Good Mother/Daughter Hunting: A Process of Self-Healing,” “For the Love of Our Many Lives,” “Banana or Bridge? How Capitalism Impacts My Racial Identity,” “My Asian-American Experience,” “Welfare Beyond Teaching: Caring for Children and Their Parents,” “The Disabled Welfare Program: The Welfare System and the Disabled,” “Inadequate Programs Assisting Mothers in Poverty,” “Children: The Unheard Society,” and “Ideology and Utopia in Mannheim: Towards the Sociology of Self-Knowledge.” Contributors include: R.F.A., Samara Cohen, Peter Dai, P. E. Gracey III, P. Heim, L. Mlecz, S. R., YuhTyng Tsuei, William Wang, Jan Michele Chilion, Erin Syron, Jessica Udice, Aaron Witkowski, and Mohammad H. Tamdgidi (also as journal editor-in-chief). Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge is a publication of OKCIR: The Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics). For more information about OKCIR and other issues in its journal’s Edited Collection as well as Monograph and Translation series visit OKCIR’s homepage.

Author : Rosemary L. Hopcroft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317251781

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Sociology by Rosemary L. Hopcroft Pdf

In an era of human genome research, environmental challenges, new reproductive technologies, and more, students can benefit from an introductory sociology text that is a biologically informed. This innovative text integrates mainstream sociological research in all areas of sociology with a scientifically-informed model of an evolved, biological human actor. This text allows students to better understand their emotional, social, and institutional worlds. It also illustrates how biological understanding naturally enhances the sociological approach. This grounding of sociology in a biosocial conception of the individual actor is coupled with a comparative approach, as human biology is universal and often reveals itself as variations on themes across human cultures. Tables, Figures, Photos, and the author's concise and remarkably lively style make this a truly enjoyable book to read and teach.

Author : Mohammad H. Tamdgidi
Publisher : Ahead Publishing House (imprint: Okcir Press)
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781888024616

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Insiders/Outsiders: Voices from the Classroom by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi Pdf

This Spring 2007 (V, 2) Issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge entitled “Insiders/outsiders: Voices from the Classroom” includes papers, some by students at UMass Boston, that creatively apply the sociological imagination to understanding specific personal toubles involving insider/outsider experience in relation to broader public issues. Topics include: “Editor’s Note: My Architect (1930-2007),” “Identity Formation and Music: A Case Study of Croatian Experience,” “The Nightmare of Clever Children: Civilization, Postmodernity, and the Birth of the Anxious Body,” “Looking Inside Out: A Sociology of Knowledge and Ignorance of Geekness,” “Parallel Dualisms: Understanding America’s Apathy for the Homeless through the Sociological Imagination,” “Love and Marriage: Through the Lens of Sociological Theories,” “Lifting the Fog: Finding Freedom in Light of the Sociological Imagination,” “The Quinceñera Rising: Self-Discoveries on the Heels of City and Rural Town,” “The Broken Path: Juvenile Violence and Delinquency in Light of Sociological Theories,” “Why Do I Not Like Mecscart_ Sociological Self-Reflections on Weight Issues and the American Culture,” “Longing to Be Thin: Why I Wait Until Tomorrow to Change My Habits,” “The Boston Irish Male: A Self Study,” “A Family of Neglect and “Dysfunction”: Personal Blames or Structural Constraints?,” “Exiting the Self-Destructive Highway: A Sociological Path Back to A Future Career,” “Beginnings,” “From the Cover Artist, Arie Kupferwasser.” Contributors include: Miroslav Mavra, Lori McNeil, Sean Conroy, Johnny Yu, Colin Allen, Ana Carolina Fowler, Keyon Smith, Krystle Santana, Sylvia Khromina, C. G., Caitlin Boyle, Anonymous, L. Z., Paul Connor, Arie Kupferwasser, and Mohammad H. Tamdgidi (also as journal editor-in-chief).Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge is a publication of OKCIR: The Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics). For more information about OKCIR and other issues in its journal’s Edited Collection as well as Monograph and Translation series visit OKCIR’s homepage.

Author : Readale Collier
Publisher : Scientific e-Resources
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781839474323

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Social Structure and Social Interaction by Readale Collier Pdf

The question needs to ponder over as we have entered in the new millennium. On what way we are going? What is the nature of social transformation? What socio-economic forces and value systems are emerging in the country? Keeping in view the expected consequences of socio-economic development as an instrument of change in the structure and culture, the present book mainly deals with Social Structure and Social Interaction. This book provides valuable insights into social structure and change in a complex society. Well researched and lucidly written, this volume will be widely welcomed by all those involved in the study of sociology, social anthropology and social change. This book is of great help and utility to all those who are interested in knowing the changing social structure.

Author : Scott Draper
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498576307

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Religious Interaction Ritual by Scott Draper Pdf

This book shows how contemporary religious groups arrange very different sorts of rituals in order to achieve collective encounters with “the spirit.” Mixed-methods analysis of rituals across a diverse range of religious traditions shows how Randall Collins’ interaction ritual theory opens new pathways for the sociology of religion.

Author : Elliott B. Weininger,Annette Lareau,Omar Lizardo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429874772

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Ritual, Emotion, Violence by Elliott B. Weininger,Annette Lareau,Omar Lizardo Pdf

Microsociologists seek to capture social life as it is experienced, and in recent decades no one has championed the microsociological approach more fiercely than Randall Collins. The pieces in this exciting volume offer fresh and original insights into key aspects of Collins’ thought, and of microsociology more generally. The introductory essay by Elliot B. Weininger and Omar Lizardo provides a lucid overview of the key premises this perspective. Ethnographic papers by Randol Contreras, using data from New York, and Philippe Bourgois and Laurie Kain Hart, using data from Philadelphia, examine the social logic of violence in street-level narcotics markets. Both draw on heavily on Collins’ microsociological account of the features of social situations that tend to engender violence. In the second section of the book, a study by Paul DiMaggio, Clark Bernier, Charles Heckscher, and David Mimno tackles the question of whether electronically mediated interaction exhibits the ritualization which, according to Collins, is a common feature of face-to-face encounters. Their results suggest that, at least under certain circumstances, digitally mediated interaction may foster social solidarity in a manner similar to face-to-face interaction. A chapter by Simone Polillo picks up from Collins’ work in the sociology of knowledge, examining multiple ways in which social network structures can engender intellectual creativity. The third section of the book contains papers that critically but sympathetically assess key tenets of microsociology. Jonathan H. Turner argues that the radically microsociological perspective developed by Collins will better serve the social scientific project if it is embedded in a more comprehensive paradigm, one that acknowledges the macro- and meso-levels of social and cultural life. A chapter by David Gibson presents empirical analyses of decisions by state leaders concerning whether or not to use force to deal with internal or external foes, suggesting that Collins’ model of interaction ritual can only partially illuminate the dynamics of these highly consequential political moments. Work by Erika Summers-Effler and Justin Van Ness seeks to systematize and broaden the scope of Collins’ theory of interaction, by including in it encounters that depart from the ritual model in important ways. In a final, reflective chapter, Randall Collins himself highlights the promise and future of microsociology. Clearly written, these pieces offer cutting-edge thinking on some of the crucial theoretical and empirical issues in sociology today.

Author : Bradley H. Brewster,Antony J. Puddephatt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317096757

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Microsociological Perspectives for Environmental Sociology by Bradley H. Brewster,Antony J. Puddephatt Pdf

Environmental sociology tends to be dominated by macrosociological theories, to the point that microsociological perspectives have been neglected and ignored. This collection of original work is the first book dedicated to demonstrating the utility of microsociological perspectives for investigating environmental issues. From symbolic interactionism to actor–network theory, from dramaturgy to conversation analysis, from practice theory to animism, a variety of microsociological perspectives are not only drawn upon but creatively applied and developed, making this collection not only a contribution to environmental sociology, but to microsociological theory as well. The authors address such topics as the treatment of waste, human–animal relations, science and industry partnerships, environmental social movements, identities, and lifestyles, eco-tourism, the framing of land, water, and natural resources, and even human conceptions of outer space. Bringing together diverse scholars, perspectives, and topics, Microsociological Perspectives for Environmental Sociology opens the field up to new approaches and initiates much needed dialogue between environmental sociologists and microsociologists. It will appeal not only to sociologists, but to environmental scholars across the social sciences interested in enriching their theoretical repertoire in studying the social aspects of the environment.

Author : Jay Alan Weinstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442203136

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Applying Social Statistics by Jay Alan Weinstein Pdf

While Applying Social Statistics is 'about' social statistics and includes all of the topics generally covered in similar texts, it is first and foremost a book about how sociologists use statistics. Its emphasis is on statistical reasoning in sociology and on showing how these principles can be applied to numerous problems in a wide variety of contexts; to answer effectively the question 'what's it for.' A main learning objective is to help students understand how and why social statistics is used. Yet, Weinstein's style and substance recognize that it is of equal-or even greater-importance that they begin to learn how to apply these principles and techniques themselves.