Harold Garfinkel: The Creation and Development of Ethnomethodology

Author:   Dirk vom Lehn ,  Professor Robert Dingwall
Publisher:   Left Coast Press Inc
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9781611329803


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 May 2014
Format:   Paperback
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This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science. Garfinkel is practically synonymous with ethnomethodology, an approach that since the 1960s has led to major analytic and methodological developments in sociology and other disciplines. This introduction to Garfinkel explores how he developed ethnomethodology under the influence of Talcott Parsons and Alfred Schutz, situates it within sociology generally, and demonstrates its important influence on recent developments in the discipline, particularly the sociology of science and technology, gender studies, organization studies, and the computer sciences. The book will be of wide interest in the social sciences and a useful supplement to courses on intellectual history and methodology.

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Author:   Dirk vom Lehn ,  Professor Robert Dingwall
Publisher:   Left Coast Press Inc
Imprint:   Left Coast Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.200kg
ISBN:  

9781611329803


ISBN 10:   1611329809
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 May 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 101 Introduction; Chapter 1 Sociology as a “Love Affair”; Chapter 2 Hitch-hiking to Sociology; Chapter 3 Sociology and Sociological Attitude; Chapter 4 From Phenomenology to Ethnomethodology; Chapter 5 What Is Ethnomethodology?; Chapter 6 Ethnomethodologys Program; Chapter 7 Ethnomethodological Studies of Work; Chapter 8 Ethnomethodology and Sociology; Chapter 9 Ethnomethodology’s Influence on Recent Developments in Sociology; Chapter 10 Garfinkel’s Orphans;

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In this book Dirk vom Lehn provides a well-judged introduction to ethnomethodology (EM) and a fitting tribute to its late, great, progenitor Harold Garfinkel. - Sue White, University of Birmingham, UK, Qualitative Research This is an extremely lucid and likeable book, which I found a pleasure to read: vom Lehn's writing style is light and he brings a sense of fun to engaging with conceptual work... Its popularity with students will make it popular with course directors, who can be assured that students receive a thorough introductory grounding in the material that will also lead them into the 'essential' texts. - Andrew P. Carlin, St Columb's College, Symbolic Interaction


Vom Lehn's book is a result of an admirable and careful effort to present not only the roots and the main ideas of ethnomethodology ... but also its influence within sociology and its latest developments as a radical research approach. ... [This book] can be a valuable tool to clarify many of the misconceptions and misunderstandings traditional sociology usually makes in representing ethnomethodology. --Fabio Ferraz de Almeida, EMCA (the American Sociological Association's Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Section's Newsletter)


Vom Lehn s book is a result of an admirable and careful effort to present not only the roots and the main ideas of ethnomethodology ... but also its influence within sociology and its latest developments as a radical research approach. ... [This book] can be a valuable tool to clarify many of the misconceptions and misunderstandings traditional sociology usually makes in representing ethnomethodology. Fabio Ferraz de Almeida, EMCA (the American Sociological Association s Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Section s Newsletter)


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Dirk vom Lehn is a sociologist and lecturer in Marketing, Interaction, and Technology in the Department of Management at King's College, London. His research at the Work, Interaction, and Technology Research Centre and Marketing Group concerns social interaction in museums, at opticians, and in street markets.

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