Theodore D Kemper: 2 books
Status, Power and Ritual Interaction
A Relational Reading of Durkheim, Goffman and Collins
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Sociologists Émile Durkheim, Erving Goffman and Randall Collins broadly suppose that ritual is foundational for social life. By contrast, this book argues that ritual is merely surface, beneath which lie status and power, the behavioral dimensions that drive all social interaction. Status, Power...
Elementary Forms of Social Relations
Status, power and reference groups
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Elementary Forms of Social Relations introduces the reader to social life as a perpetual quest by individuals to gain attention, respect and regard (status) accompanied by an effort to marshal defensive and offensive means (power) to overcome the reluctance of others to grant status. This work is...