My apologies to the list: I was talking about Erving Goffman.
I did get late in the mail chain, read very fast. Next time I will slow down. Night work brings errors. I made one more this month, sending a private message to the whole list. Again, I was in a hurry. Time to close shop?
I can't talk much about his daughter Alice Goffman. I remember vaguely the controversy with her research. Now I recollect. No opinion about her work. Or at least I don't want to make it public late at night on this list. Too many risks.
Thank you very much,
Lubomir
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Dear Lubomir - I think you are referring to a different Goffman (Erving) than the one referred to in the email chain (Alice Goffman).
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James.
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On 17 January 2018 at 12:23, Lubomir Savov Popov <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Goffman is well received by philosophers of science, methodologists,
> and epistemologists. Goffman is a major sociologist of the 20th
> Century, a major contributor to the development of Symbolic
> Interactionism, and has brought important sociological theories by
> himself. In fact, he is one of the most revered sociologists today.
> Researchers using qualitative methods owe him a lot. It is a pity he
> died quite young--could have done much more in the study of everyday life.
>
> There are paradigmatic differences about what constitute good research
> design, quality of data, and so forth. We should not judge Goffman
> from Positivist positions. And we should not nix Positivist
> contributions just because they do not fit into our understanding of
> science. Positivists are very good in the study of mass processes. We
> went to the extremes. This is human and it is not a problem as long as
> we are flexible and can see the social situations from several
> different perspectives. Not a single perspective is privileged,
> because these are human perspectives. And we are not privileged.
>
> Anyway, I hope such discussions enrich us, make us see the world in
> new ways. I enjoy such exchanges.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Lubomir
>
>
>
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