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A sociology of the absurd

Print Book, English, ©1989
General Hall, Dix Hills, N.Y., ©1989
xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
9780930390860, 9780930390853, 0930390865, 0930390857
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Chapter 1 Foreword by Rom Harré Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Toward a Sociology of the Absurd Part 5 Scene Chapter 6 Territoriality Chapter 7 Time Tracks Chapter 8 Adventures Part 9 Agent Chapter 10 Freud, Mead, Goffman Chapter 11 Stage Fright and the Problem of Identity Chapter 12 Coolness in Everyday Life Chapter 13 Paranoia, Homosexuality, and Game Theory Part 14 Agency Chapter 15 Accounts Chapter 16 Accounts, Deviance, and Social Order Part 17 Purpose Chapter 18 Game Frameworks Part 19 Extroduction Chapter 20 A Sociology of the Absurd Revisited Part 21 Appendices Chapter 22 Appendix I: The Marquis de Sade and the Quest for the Nonabsurd Chapter 23 Appendix II: Power, Pluralism, and Order Chapter 24 Notes Chapter 25 Index