A Sociology of the Absurd

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A Sociology of the Absurd is written by Stanford M. Lyman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0930390857 (ISBN 10) and 9780930390853 (ISBN 13).

This work provides a crystallization and particularization of a school of sociological thinking variously called "creative sociology," "existential sociology," "phenomenological sociology," "conflict theory," and "dramaturgical analysis." The result is a methodological synthesis of the "dual" visions of Erving Goffman and Harold Garfinkel. This book equips the reader with a framework for providing adequate descriptions of those face-to-face encounters that make up everyday life. This edition includes essays not found in the first edition, as well as a new introduction that locates it in the spectrum of contemporary theorizing.