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1、ERVINGGOFFMANDecadesafterhisdeath,thefigureofErvingGoffman(1922–82)continuestofascinate.Perhapsthebest-knownsociologistofthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury,Goffmanwasanunquestionablysignificantthinkerwhosereputationextendedwellbeyondhisparentdiscipline.AhostofconceptsirrevocablylinkedtoGoffm
2、an’sname–suchas‘presentationofself’,‘totalinstitutions’,‘stigma’,‘impressionmanagement’and‘passing’–arenowstaplesofawiderangeofacademicdiscoursesandareslippingintocommonusage.Goffman’swritingsuncoverapreviouslyunnoticedpatternintheminutiaeofeverydayinteraction.Readersareoftenshockedwhenthe
3、yrecognizethemselvesinhisshrewdanalysesoferrorsandcommonpredicaments.GregSmith’sbooktracestheemergenceofGoffmanasasociologicalvirtuoso,andoffersacompactguidebothtohissociologyandtothecriticismsanddebatesithasstimulated.GregSmithteachesattheUniversityofSalford,specializinginethnographicandi
4、nteractionistsociology,andsociologicalandculturaltheory.HehaspublishedwidelyonthesociologyofErvingGoffman.KEYSOCIOLOGISTSEditedbyPETERHAMILTONNowreissued,thisclassicseriesprovidesstudentswithconciseandreadableintroductionstothework,lifeandinfluenceofthegreatsociologicalthinkers.Withindividu
5、alvolumescoveringindividualthinkers,fromEmileDurkheimtoPierreBourdieu,eachauthortakesadistinctline,assessingtheimpactofthesemajorfiguresonthedisciplineaswellasthecontemporaryrelevanceoftheirwork.Thesepocket-sizedintroductionswillbeidealforbothundergraduatesandpre-universitystudentsalike,asw
6、ellasforanyonewithaninterestinthethinkerswhohaveshapedourtime.Seriestitlesinclude:EMILEDURKHEIMPIERREBOURDIEUKenThompsonRichardJenkinsTHEFRANKFURTSCHOOLANDSIGMUNDFREUDITSCRITICSRobertBocockTomBottomoreZYGMUNTBAUMANGEORGSIMMELTonyBlackshawDavidFrisbyAUGUSTECOMTEMARXANDMARXISMMikeGanePeterWo
7、rsleyERVINGGOFFMANMAXWEBERGregSmithFrankParkinMICHELFOUCAULTBarrySmartERVINGGOFFMANGREGSMITHFirstpublished2006byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge270MadisonAve,NewYork,NY10016Thiseditionpubli