Strategic Interaction (Conduct and Communication) - Softcover

Goffman, Erving

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812210115 ISBN 13: 9780812210118

Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1970

Inhaltsangabe

"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."--ChoiceThis book deals with the calculative, gamelike aspects of human interaction. Erving Goffman examines the strategy of words and deeds; he uses the term "strategic interaction" to describe those gamelike events in which each player’s situation is fully dependent on the move of his opponent and in which each player knows this and has the wit to use his awareness.Expression games are always only a party of strategic interaction. The author uses vivid examples from espionage literature and high-level political maneuvers to show how men mislead each other in the information game.In strategic interaction, the player’s move is the central concern, and expression games are secondary, for as Goffman makes clear, often when it seems that a man’s word sets off the action, the action has already been completed.Those who gamble with their wits, and those who study those who do, will find this analysis important and stimulating.

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1970
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0812210115
• ISBN 13: 9780812210118
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 156
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