LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
In this chapter, we will discuss the following important topics.
- G.H. Mead
- Karl Manheim
- Alfred Schutz
- Harold Garfinkel
- Erving Goffman
- Clifford Geertz
INTRODUCTION
In sociology, hermeneutics is the interpretation and understanding of social events through the analysis of their meanings for human participants in the events. It gained prominence during the 1960s and 1970s and differs from other interpretive schools of sociology in that it emphasizes both the context and the form within any given social practice. The central tenet of sociological hermeneutics is that it is possible to know the meaning of an act or statement ...
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