1st Edition

Human Nature and Collective Behavior Papers in Honor of Herbert Blumer

Edited By Tamotsu Shibutani Copyright 1973
    416 Pages
    by Routledge

    416 Pages
    by Routledge

    Tamotsu Shibutani is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Social Processes: An Introduction to Sociology and Improvised News: A Sociological Study of Rumor.

    I THEORY AND METHODOLOGY I The Chicago and Iowa Schools of Symbolic Interactionism 2 Sociology: Natural Science or Intellectual Commitment? 3 Interactionist Imagery and Analytic Interruptus 4 Discovering New Theory from Previous Theory 5 Evaluating Predictions in Social Science: An Example from Demography II COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR 6 Style Rebellion and Identity Crisis 7 A Theory of Hysterical Contagions 8 Collective Behavior Theory and the Escalated Riots of the Sixties 9 Emergent Accommodation Groups: Beyond Current Collective Behavior Typologies 10 Toward Corporate Action: A Reconstruction of Elementary Collective Processes 11 Determinants of Social Movement Strategies 12 Group Cohesion and the Hutterian Colony 13 Herbert Blumer’s Contributions to Race Relations III SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 14 On the Concepts of Identity and Social Relationship 15 Nothing Unusual Is Happening' 16 On the Personification of Adversaries 17 Development of the Scapegoat in Sensitivity Training Sessions 18 Le Group des Batignolles: A Study in the Sociology of Art 19 On Filthy Lucre 20 Self, Motivation, and Symbolic Interactionist Theory 21 Role and Self-Conception : Adaptation and Change in Occupations 22 Primary Group Theory and Closest Friendship of the Same Sex: An Empirical Analysis IV SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY 23 The Social Role of the Man of Knowledge: A Historical and Critical Sketch 24 The Academy and the Polity: On Social Scientists and Federal Administrators 25 Social Research and Social Policy in the Field of Old Age 2 6 The Armed Forces Examining Station: A Sociological Perspective

    Biography

    Tamotsu Shibutani, University of California at Santa Barbara