The Faultline of Consciousness: A View of Interactionism in Sociology by David M

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In this compendium of related and cross-referential essays, David R

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For the past 70-80 years, the field of sociology has been thoroughly constructionist, in the sense that all sociological paradigms locate their explanations of the social in social phenomena themselves. However, the discipline has developed a conceptual dichotomy, wherein practitioners describe work as falling into "social constructionist" or "nonconstructionist" categories. The relation between these categories represents what Maines calls a "faultline of consciousness," and he argues that this faultline tends to hide sociology's constructionist nature from itself. In examining much of the contemporary literature in so-called "mainline sociology," he finds an increasing trend toward the use of standard concepts and propositions once held almost solely by pragmatist and interactionists. He proposes here not only that the field as a whole become more interactionist, but that it never had any realistic option other than to do so.Retracing the theories of Mead, Blumer, and Park, the author reveals an enduring sociological relevance that has been hidden in professional myth and rhetoric, and argues that scholarly progress cannot be demonstrated in substantive terms but only rhetorically claimed, and thus can be understood today only as a political sociology of knowledge. Maines provides an array of empirical studies drawn from pragmatist and interactionist precepts to illustrate how a credible general sociology can be framed and developed. This book is not about interactionism per se; rather, it is an invitation to reconsider the promise of a more mature general sociology, one that has a chance to develop systematically rather than haphazardly and without direction. Regardless of where one stands on interactionism itself, the methodological strength and vivid presentation will earn this book a place in courses in method and in theory.

Author Biography

David Maines

Table of Contents

1: The Interactionism of Contemporary Sociology; I: Theoretical Concerns; 2: G. H. Mead's Theory of Time and Social Order; 3: Herbert Blumer's Theory of Industrialization and Social Change; 4: Consequential Distortions of Robert Park's Theory of Human Ecology; II: Empirical Studies; 5: Reconstructive Legitimacy in Final Reports of Contract Research; 6: Urban Inequality and Detroit Archdiocesan Reorganization; 7: Somali Migration to Canada and Resistance to Racialization; III: Narrative Sociology; 8: Narrative, Gender, and the Problematics of Role; 9: Narrative Structures and Incest; 10: Narrative Structures and Social Institutions; IV: Epilogue; 11: The Edges of Interactionism

Details ISBN0202306461 Short Title FAULTLINE OF CONSCIOUSNESS Language English ISBN-10 0202306461 ISBN-13 9780202306469 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2001 Imprint AldineTransaction Subtitle A View of Interactionism in Sociology Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Somerset Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780202306469 UK Release Date 2001-07-31 AU Release Date 2001-07-31 NZ Release Date 2001-07-31 US Release Date 2001-07-31 Author David Maines Pages 307 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc Series Sociological Imagination & Structural Change Series Publication Date 2001-07-31 Alternative 9780202306452 Edited by David Maines DEWEY 301 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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