Chapter 1 Introduction The Life and Work of Genius; Chapter 2 The Goffman Style; Chapter 3 Looking-Glass Self; Chapter 4 Goffman’s World of Emotions; Chapter 5 The Structure of Context; Chapter 6 Building an Onion; Chapter 7 What Is This Thing Called Love?; Chapter 8 Hatred as Shame and Rage?; Chapter 9 Human Bonds; Chapter 10 Masculinity and Emotions; Chapter 11 A Theory of Runaway Nationalism; Chapter 12 Conclusion;
Thomas J. Scheff is Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Being Mentally Ill (Aldine, 1999), Microsociology (University of Chicago Press, 1994), Bloody Revenge (Backinprint.com, 2000), Emotions and the Social Bond (Cambridge University Press, 1997), other books, articles, and chapters on social psychology, bonds, emotions, and large scale conflict. His current projects include books on human bonds and on interpersonal communication. He is trying to become a generalist, but it is difficult to overcome bad habits. Still more he would like to be funny, but that seems out of reach. Bernard Phillips was a student of C. Wright Mills. He taught at the Universities of North Carolina, Illinois and Boston.
"In his important new book, Thomas Scheff demonstrates why Goffman
remains such a key figure for social scientists. Scheff provides a
highly original interpretation of Goffman, and, in so doing, he
goes beyond Goffman's self-imposed theoretical limitations. Goffman
may have been cautious about recognizing the role of emotions in
social life, but Scheff boldly and creatively shows why the
sociological and the psychological are necessarily intertwined.
This is certainly a book for all serious analysts of social
behaviour"
—Michael Billig, professor in the Social Science Department at
Nottingham University
“In this book Thomas Scheff argues that Goffman’s vision centres on
his discovery of the emotional/relational world. He shows how
Goffman brings to life the looking-glass self, which links
intersubjectivity and feelings. Scheff develops his thesis through
a series of engagements with key elements of Goffman.s oeuvre.
Throughout, he makes effective use of his own research to
demonstrate how Goffman takes us beyond vernacular understandings
of these matters. Scheff’s critical eye is equal to his subject,
shrewdly appreciating Goffman’s many virtues while also showing
where and how Goffman’s thinking needs revision and development.
This original and provocative book offers a fresh interpretation of
Goffman and will become a benchmark for all subsequent
commentary.”
—Greg Smith, University of Salford
“Thomas J. Scheff's Goffman Unbound is the key to decoding
Goffman's plethora of brilliant but enigmatic concepts, tropes, and
taxonomies. It provides a clear picture into the complex world of
emotions and social interaction.”
—A. Javier Treviño, Wheaton College, editor of Goffman's Legacy
“In this astute and appreciative discussion of the work of Erving
Goffman, Scheff adds a discussion of emotion. He focuses on how the
emotions of grief, anger, fear and shame underlie
hyper-masculinity—a topic missing from Goffman and very important
to understanding current politics.”
—Arlie Hochschild, University of California, Berkeley, author of
The Managed Heart and The Commercialization of Intimate Life
“No one is better qualified than Tom Scheff to bring out the
significance of Goffman's work and to carry further his
explorations of what Scheff calls the emotional-relational world.
Especially illuminating is Scheff turning his techniques upon
Goffman's own personality, and a host of applications including an
alternative to biologically-dominated psychiatry , a theory of
love, and a theory of hypermasculinity.”
—Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania
“This is an essential book for anyone interested in the influential
microsociologist and interactionist Erving Goffman, by an author
more than well qualified to write a definitive review…One of the
book’s very strong features is that Scheff demonstrates how
Goffman’s approach has topical relevance for research topics not
commonly associated with him, e.g., hypermasculinity, collective
hatred, and runaway nationalism. A must read for anyone with more
than a passing interest in Goffman.”
----David Ashley, University of Wyoming in Choice
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