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Herbert George Blumer (March 7, 1900 – April 13, 1987) was an American sociologist whose main scholarly interests were symbolic interactionism and methods of social research. [1]
Oct 16, 2023 · Symbolic interactionism is a social theoretical framework associated with George Herbert Mead (1863–1931) and Max Weber (1864-1920). It is a perspective that sees society as the product of shared symbols, such as language.
Herbert Blumer, Professor Emeritus at Berkeley and a towering presence in American Sociology for many decades of its development and growth, died after a long illness at the age of 87, April 13, 1987.
Jun 8, 2018 · Blumer, Herbert 1900-1987. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Herbert George Blumer earned his doctorate in 1928 at the University of Chicago and went on to teach there until 1951. He later became the founding chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Herbert Blumer. American sociologist. Learn about this topic in these articles: collective behaviour. In collective behaviour: Publics and masses. Blumer defines the public as “a group of people who (a) are confronted by an issue, (b) are divided in their ideas as to how to meet the issue, and (c) engage in discussion over the issue.”
Dec 15, 2010 · Herbert Blumer was a key figure in what came to be identified as the Chicago School of Sociology. He invented the term ‘symbolic interactionism’ as a label for a theoretical approach that derived primarily from the work of John Dewey, George Herbert Mead and Charles Cooley.
Nov 1, 1988 · HERBERT BLUMER’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY SOCIOLOGY. Tamotsu Shi butan;* University of California, Santa Barbara. Herbert Blumer’s work has had considerable impact on the growth of twentieth- century sociology. He kept alive an interest in George Mead at a time when Pragmatism floundered.
