1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. SYMBOLIC INTERACTION AND ...
6. History
7. 2. Social Interaction, Culture, and Historical Studies 16
8. Life History
9. 3. The Good News about Life History 46
10. Religion
11. 4. Studying Religion in the Eighties 90
12. Philosophy
13. 5. Why Philosophers Should Become Sociologists (and Vice Versa) 119
14. Art
15. 6. Art Worlds: Developing the Interactionist Approach to Social Organization 148
16. Science
17. 7. Symbolic Interactionism in Social Studies of Science 179
18. The Body
19. 8. Fit for Postmodern Selfhood 215
20. Language
21. 9. People Are Talking: Conversation Analysis and Symbolic Interaction 244
22. Contributors 275
23. Index 277