This is not an introduction to ethnomethodology, says Lehn, but a study of its development from Garfinkel's early writing in the 1930s and 1940s to his groundbreaking Studies in Ethnomethodology (1967), and a demonstration of its grounding in and contribution to sociology. He writes for students of sociology and cognate disciplines who are interested in ethnomethodology and would like to know more about the origin and motivation that drove Garfinkel to develop this particular sociological attitude to studying and describing the practices that assemble the social world. Translated and updated from the 2013 German original. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science, and a basic description of ethnomethodology, a research tradition that he created.
This book is a concise intellectual biography of Harold Garfinkel, a key figure in 20th-century social science. Garfinkel is practically synonymous with ethnomethodology, an approach that since the 1960s has led to major analytic and methodological developments in sociology and other disciplines. This introduction to Garfinkel explores how he developed ethnomethodology under the influence of Talcott Parsons and Alfred Schutz, situates it within sociology generally, and demonstrates its important influence on recent developments in the discipline, particularly the sociology of science and technology, gender studies, organization studies, and the computer sciences. The book will be of wide interest in the social sciences and a useful supplement to courses on intellectual history and methodology.
