Strategic Interaction by Erving Goffman

Strategic Interaction by Erving Goffman

The two essays in this classic work by sociologist Erving Goffman explore the calculative, gamelike aspects of human interaction.

"The broad topic is communication directed specifically to situations like espionage and to situations like international politics. . . Goffman deals with the topic descriptively, draws on a wide variety of sources, and uses analogy to demonstrate, clarify, and explain."—Choice

"Goffman is a great ethnologist. His tribe is mankind, his focus the face-to-face relations of everyday life, his method of observation a combination of naturalistic fieldwork and a wide reading in history, biography, manners, social science, and literature"—American Journal of Sociology

"Goffman is entranced with the subtleties of direct confrontation among people. His is the style of the essayist and of the miniaturist. In this book he selects, among others, the analogy of the game as an integrating device. . . . Goffman's games are verbal and phenomenological, dissecting the point/counterpoirt of, for instance, the doubts that people may have with respect to one another's motives under condition of actual or potential conflict."—Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Erving Goffman (1922-1982), Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, was one of the foremost sociologists of the twentieth century. His Forms of Talk is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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ISBN 13	9780812210118
ISBN 10	0812210115
Title	Strategic Interaction
Author	Erving Goffman
Series	Conduct And Communication
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Pennsylvania Press
Number of pages	160
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