dc.contributor.author | Konecki, Krzysztof Tomasz | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-09T19:21:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-09T19:21:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Konecki, Krzysztof T. (2005) “The Problem of Symbolic Interaction and of Constructing Self.” Qualitative Sociology Review, Vol. I Issue 1. Retrieved Month, Year (http://www.qualitativesociologyreview.org /ENG/archive_eng.php) | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1733-8069 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/354 | |
dc.description.abstract | In the article we make an analysis of a thesis that verbal symbolic
interaction is a necessary condition of constructing self. The main concepts
used in the paper are: symbolic interaction, self and corporality. The
aforementioned thesis and the concept of symbolic interaction originate
from G.H Mead, who set the trend of thinking about interaction in human
society in sociology and social psychology. This influence is noticeable up
to this day. Symbolic interaction as a tool of understanding others actions
and informing partners about our intensions is clearly visible in “languagecentred”
and anthropocentrically oriented analyses of interactions as well
as in the concentration on linguistic conditions of creating a self. Self is
understood as an interpreted concept of a person but mainly in a process of
social perception of a human by others occurring in interactions based on
verbal language. In the article we want to develop a thesis about “nonlinguistic”
possibilities of constructing interactions and self. The
aforementioned thesis has been many times elaborated so far together with
critical analyses of G. H. Mead (Irvin, 2004, Sanders, 1993, 1999, 2003;
Myers, 1999, 2003). We want to integrate these elaborations, including our
empirical experiences from a research on “The Social World of Pet’s
Owners’ (research done in 2001-2005) on theoretical level and concentrate
more on corporality and emotions issues and their relations to symbolic
interaction and self. G.H. Mead’s views on this topic are analysed with
regard to their methodological consistency and adequacy. In the article
there is another thesis proposed, that interactions between animals also
have meanings and, sometimes, symbolic nature, or sometimes, non
symbolic one, and not necessarily related to use of a verbal language. The
creation of self is connected with issues of corporality that includes: 1. nonverbal
communication, 2. a relation of bodies in physical space, 3. the so
called “kinesthetic empathy”, 4. emotions connected with body, mind and
self processes. These elements of corporality may be the basis for taking
the role of other. Researches and analyses of many sociologists (beginning
from Ch. H. Cooley) show that self is often pre-verbal and that exclusion of
an individual from her/his surroundings takes place also with the aid of the
body and emotions tightly connected with functioning of self. The analysis
of interactions between humans and animals provides us with much
methodological and theoretical inspiration. Those researches and analyses
obviously face a problem of “anthropomorphization of human behaviour”,
which is of frequent occurrence both among researchers and ordinary
people. New sociological sub-discipline called the sociology of human - non-human animals relationships adds a lot of new threads to the abovementioned
deliberations on conditions of constructing self. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Lodz University, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Institute of Sociology | en |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa 3.0 Polska | pl_PL |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/legalcode | |
dc.subject | emotions | en |
dc.subject | non-verbal communication | en |
dc.subject | body | en |
dc.subject | corporality | en |
dc.subject | self | en |
dc.subject | symbolic interaction | en |
dc.title | The Problem of Symbolic Interaction and of Constructing Self | en |
dc.title.alternative | Problem symbolicznej interakcji a konstruowanie jaźni | pl |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | en |
dc.contributor.organization | Uniwersytet Łódzki/Lodz University | en |
dc.description.eperson | Krzysztof Konecki | |
dc.rights.DELETETHISFIELD | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |