Sociological Theory
The frameworks used to explain social order and change.
9 topics · 2 curated works
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Curated reading
2Then
Assumes you know the vocabulary.
- BookThe Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeErving Goffman, 1956
Social life is dramaturgical: people manage front-stage impressions and maintain back-stage regions where the performance relaxes.
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Primary sources and full treatments.
- BookSeeing Like a StateJames C. Scott, 1998
Schemes to improve the human condition fail when they impose legibility and discard the local knowledge that made systems work.