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Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The Chicago School of symbolic interactionism, represented by the work of Herbert Blumer and often regarded as part of the Chicago Renaissance, has been seen as a major alternative to functionalism and social system theory in American sociology. This approach also has been influential as a critique of positivism. To date, one of the authors has published a number of reviews of Blumer’s symbolic interactionism; these are summarized in Kuwabara and Yamaguchi (2013). In this paper, we clarify in what sense Blumer’s symbolic interactionism is generally categorized as part of the Chicago Renaissance.

Source: Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)

Authors: Kuwabara, Tsukasa, 142235, Wang, Yuhuan, 145381, Cheng, Boying, 145382, Sawada, Shigeaki, 143985

Language: English

Topic: Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7155455567

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