Self and Society: A Symbolic Interactionist Social Psychology by John P. Hewitt

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Self and Society, Tenth Edition, is a clearly written, up-to-date, and authoritative introduction to the symbolic interactionist perspective in social psychology and sociology as a whole.

Filled with examples, this book has been used successfully in the classroom, and also cited in literature as an authoritative source. Self and Society is not a distillation of textbook knowledge, but rather, a thoughtful, well-organized presentation that makes its own contribution to the advancement of symbolic interactionism.

As with every edition, the tenth edition has been thoroughly revised. Major revisions include:

§         Chapter 3, “The Self and Its Social Setting”: completely new discussions of motives and motivation, and self-esteem.

§         Chapter 5, “Social Psychology and Social Order”: increased emphasis on the creation and joining of social movements, as one of the major ways in which social activities are coordinated.

§         Chapter 6, “Deviance and the Social Order”: a greater focus on the interactionist approach and its connection to issues of social order (the arguments with classic theories of deviance have been removed).

Booknews

This venerable introduction to the symbolic interactionist approach to social psychology is updated from the 1997 edition with a new tabular presentation of some concepts and a keywords section providing definitions and a review of important ideas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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