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The Routledge International Handbook of Interactionism demonstrates the promise and diversity of the interactionist perspective in social science today, providing students and practitioners with an overview of the impressive developments in interactionist theory, methods and research. Thematically organized, it explores the history of interactionism and the contemporary state of the field, considering the ways in which scholars approach topics that are central to interactionism. As such, it presents discussions of self, identity, gender and sexuality, race, emotions, social organization, media and the internet, and social problems. With attention to new developments in methods and methodologies, including digital ethnography, visual methods and research ethics, the authors also engage with new areas of investigation that have emerged in light of current societal developments, such as policing and police violence, interactionism beyond binaries and social media. Providing a comprehensive overview of the current state and possible future of interactionist research, it will appeal to interactionist scholars, as well as to established sociologists and students of sociology who have an interest in latest developments in interactionism.
List of contents
Part 1: Introduction; 1. Introduction; Part 2: Varieties of Interactionism; 2. Pragmatism and Interaction; 3. Blumer, Symbolic Interactionism and 21st-century Sociology; 4. Straussian Negotiated Order Theory c.1960-Present; 5. Recent Developments in the New Iowa School of Symbolic Interactionism; 6. Dramaturgical Frameworks and Interactionism; 7. Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis: The Other Interactionism; Part 3: Self, Identity, and Emotions; 8. Click, Validate, and Reply: Three Paradoxes of the Terminal Self; 9. Animal Selfhood; 10. The Self and the Supernatural; 11. The (Un)Healthy Body and the Self; 12. Identity and Racialisation; 13. Symbolic Interaction beyond Binaries; 14. Culture and Emotion: Interactionist Perspectives; Part 4: Social Organisation; 15. Organizations and Institutions; 16. Symbolic Interactionism, Social Structure, and Social Change: Historical Debates and Contemporary Challenges; 17. Mental Health and Symbolic Interactionism: Untapped Opportunities; 18. Handling Video of [Police] Violence: Theoretical versus Practical Analyses; 19. Space, Mobility, and Interaction; 20. Nature and the Environment in Interaction; 21. The Social Organization of Time; 22. Collective Memory; Part 5: Interactionism, Media and the Internet; 23. Media Logic, Fear, and the Construction of Terrorism; 24. Public Fear and the Media; 25. Policing and Social Media; 26. Interactionism and Online Identity: How Has Interactionism Contributed to Understandings of Online Identity?; 27. Physical Co-presence and Distinctive Features of Online Interactions; 28. Happy Birthday Michael Jackson: Dead Celebrity and Online Interaction 29. Multi-Player Online Gaming; Part 6: New Developments in Methods 30. Situational Analysis as Critical Pragmatist Interactionism; 31. Video in Interactionist Research; 32. Digital Naturalism: Ethnography in Networked Worlds; 33. Ethics in Symbolic Interactionist Research; Part 7: Reimagining Interactionism; 34. Toward an Expanded Definition of Symbolic Interactionism; 35. Some Antinomies of Interactionism; 36. Interactionist Research: Extending Methods, Extending Fields; 37. The New Horizons of Symbolic Interactionism
About the author
Dirk vom Lehn is Professor of Organisation and Practice at King's Business School, King's College London, UK. He is the author of
Harold Garfinkel: The Creation and Development of Ethnomethodology.
Natalia Ruiz-Junco is Associate Professor of Sociology at Auburn University, USA, and co-editor of
Updating Charles H. Cooley: Contemporary Perspectives on a Sociological Classic.
Will Gibson is Reader in Social Research Methods at University College London, Institute of Education, UK, and co-author of
Institutions, Interaction and Social Theory and
Working with Qualitative Data.
Summary
This book demonstrates the diversity of the interactionist perspective in social science, providing an overview of the developments in interactionist theory, methods and research. Thematically organised, it explores the history, contemporary state and possible future of interactionist research.
