Santayana: Entering into the Drama of his Social Thought
Blue Ribbon Papers: Interactionism: The Emerging Landscape
ISBN: 978-0-85724-795-7, eISBN: 978-0-85724-796-4
Publication date: 9 May 2011
Abstract
The work of George Santayana belongs simultaneously to North American and European traditions of social thought. Although an important figure of the Western tradition, Santayana is not well known among sociologists. The main purpose of this chapter is to introduce Santayana's social thought to sociologists, and especially to those interested in interactionist and interpretivist theory. I pay particular attention to the concepts of psyche, domination, and dramatic sympathy. I also analyze how some of Santayana's concepts fare when compared to those by Mead and radical interactionism.
Citation
Ruiz-Junco, N. (2011), "Santayana: Entering into the Drama of his Social Thought", Denzin, N.K., Athens, L. and Faust, T. (Ed.) Blue Ribbon Papers: Interactionism: The Emerging Landscape (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 36), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 137-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2011)0000036008
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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