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Self-presentation in daily life
Self-presentation in daily life
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"Behind the many masks and personas, each performer wears a solitary appearance: the appearance of a naked and unsocialized person, the appearance of concentration, the appearance of a person who is privately engaged in a difficult task of betrayal."
Life is like a play, and play is like life. What do I look like in the eyes of others? How do others influence who I am?
Society is like a theater, where everyone is playing a role, capturing their erratic self-image under the cover of masks and costumes, and interacting with others.
Life is like a play, and play is like life. What do I look like in the eyes of others? How do others influence who I am?
Society is like a theater, where everyone is playing a role, capturing their erratic self-image under the cover of masks and costumes, and interacting with others.
In "Self-Presentation in Everyday Life," Goffman blends theater and sociology, abstract conceptual analysis and nuanced social observation, outlining the details of people's face-to-face interactions in daily life and describing how people use images and symbols to Engage in communication behavior. This book is not only a sociological work, but also integrates philosophy, anthropology, and psychology, and has a very important influence on the management theory of housework, enterprises and other organizations in practice. Goffman cited the perspective of dramatic performance to explain that in daily interactions with others, people often subconsciously enter into the process of "impression management" and use certain techniques to gain others' understanding and recognition of themselves, just like a famous actor on stage. actor.
Goffman's theater theory originates from the "image interaction theory" of sociology, focusing on the specific process and abstract rules of interaction between individuals in society. As Goffman's first famous work, this book pioneered the study of "self-identity", in which "self" as the core concept is a product of social interaction and derives from people's use and dependence on symbols. . Through language, sounds, expressions, and movements, people create diverse dramatic patterns, receive stimulation, send signals, and receive discipline. In this ever-changing social interaction, it is like a noisy performance, and everyone plays an indispensable role, both the protagonist and the audience.
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