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108: Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Goffman (Summary of Episode)
108: Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Goffman (Summary of Episode)
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4 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Our next episode features Erving Goffman’s 1959 book The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life that presents a comprehensive framework for understanding human interactions and impression management. Through numerous examples, he explains how humans in social settings try to read and shape the environment so they can act accordingly within it and generate the desired reactions of others present. This is accomplished through the metaphor of theater and dramaturgical analysis.
Released:
Dec 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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