Syllabus
1. session: introduction - theme, objectives, and organization of the course; precursors of symbolic interactionism, Thomas, Cooley
2. session: the origin of symbolic interactionism - Mead -------- seminar
3. session: the origin of symbolic interactionism - Blumer
4. session: studies in symbolic interactionism (deviance, emotions) -------- seminar
5. session: Goffman I - dramaturgical analysis: situations, roles, identities...
6. session: ...continuation -------- seminar
7. session: ...continuation
8. session: Goffman II - interaction order -------- seminar
9. session: phenomenological sociology - Schutz
10. session: studies in phenomenological sociology ------- seminar
11. session: ethnomethodology - Garfinkel
12. session: studies in ethnomethodology -------- seminar
Annotation
The course is focused on selected sociological theories and perspectives in the social definition paradigm. It includes symbolic interactionism, sociology of emotions, phenomenological sociology and ethnomethodology.
It is an advaced course based mainly on primary literature.