Georg Simmel

Smith, Gwh

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-58184-6_2

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“…The roots of this version of the astructuaral bias charge can be traced back to those who associate symbolic interactionism with what they argue is an exclusively micro-oriented Meadian strain within it (Coser 1976;Musolf 2016a). An emphasis that obscures the classical foundations of interactionist understandings of social structure (Low 2008;Low and Bowden 2020;Smith 2017). A partial reason for this misrepresentation of the perspective is that critics fail to understand that the symbolic interactionist emphasis on process is essential to understanding social structure (McGinty 2016;Schwalbe 2016;Prus 1997).…”

Section: The Charge Of Inherent Astructural Biasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Symbolic Interactionism and the Myth Of Astructural Bias

Low,

Thomson

2021

Can. J. Soc.

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Symbolic interactionism continues to be criticized from both inside and outside of interactionist circles by those who claim that the perspective does not address issues of social structure and fails to recognize constraints on human agency. In this paper, we critically address these claims and defend Blumerian symbolic interactionism from three versions of the charge of astructural bias and demonstrate how the perspective accounts for social structural forces. In doing so, we make reference to the classical roots of the perspective. We conclude with an illustrative and didactic example that demonstrates how even the most micro-oriented of interactionist research can still take account of social structural issues.

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Section: The Charge Of Inherent Astructural Biasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Symbolic Interactionism and the Myth Of Astructural Bias

Low,

Thomson

2021

Can. J. Soc.

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An Embattled Yet Enduring Influence: Introduction to a Special Issue on Blumerian Symbolic Interactionism

Low

Bowden

2020

Symbolic Interaction

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The papers in this special issue celebrate and build on the insights Blumer provides in his pivotal book Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method. In setting the context for these papers, we discuss the significance of Blumer's variant of interactionism, his contributions to the discipline of sociology, the misinterpretations and misrepresentations of his approach, and the way in which the papers in this issue carry forward his legacy.

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Kathy Charmaz: Theory, Method, and Scholarly Identity

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Hyslop-Margison²

2021

Symbolic Interaction

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Kathy Charmaz is arguably the most important member of the second generation of grounded theorists. In this paper we present our analysis of her research and published works in reference to the historical and biographic contexts that shaped them. Our analysis is framed by the sexpartite scholarly identity Charmaz developed over the course of the 55 years of her academic career, including: medical sociologist, symbolic interactionist, qualitative researcher, grounded theorist, public sociologist, and interpreter of the Chicago School Diaspora. We examine the significant theoretical, methodological, and substantive contributions she has made, such as her work on the implications of silences in qualitative interviewing, the necessity of contextualizing research, the gendered nature of living with chronic illness and disability, and most notably, the features of her own constructivist grounded theory. In doing so, we address tensions in her understanding of obdurate reality and theoretic saturation, as well as the perils of the unintended consequences of championing reflexivity. We conclude by conceptualizing how Charmaz's scholarly activities serve as a means by which Chicago School traditions are passed on to subsequent generations of symbolic interactionists and grounded theory researchers.

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Georg Simmel

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Symbolic Interactionism and the Myth Of Astructural Bias

Symbolic Interactionism and the Myth Of Astructural Bias

An Embattled Yet Enduring Influence: Introduction to a Special Issue on Blumerian Symbolic Interactionism

Kathy Charmaz: Theory, Method, and Scholarly Identity

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