This is a collection of articles dealing with the point of view of symbolic interactionism and with the topic of methodology in the discipline of sociology. It is written by the leading figure in the
Unpublished book manuscript and related correspondence by famous symbolic interactionist Herbert Blumer concerning the work of George Herbert Mead, the founder of symbolic interactionism. Includes an
Blumer (1900-1987) taught sociology at the U. of California, Berkeley; in his scholarly work, he was engaged with the work of George Herbert Mead for some 50 years. In this posthumous work, Blumer fo
"The civic sociology of Herbert Blumer speaks to the fundamental problem of modernity: how freedom and equity can be ensured when institutional and personal relations are threatened by disparate group