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Learning from Experience: Recollections of Working with Howard S. Becker
Author(s) -
Sanders Clinton R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
symbolic interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.874
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1533-8665
pISSN - 0195-6086
DOI - 10.1002/symb.54
Subject(s) - symbolic interactionism , perspective (graphical) , sociology , epistemology , psychoanalysis , psychology , social science , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence
Howard S. Becker is, and has been, a major figure in contemporary sociology, especially within the symbolic interactionist perspective. This discussion describes my initial encounter with Howie in the mid‐1960s and moves to identify the substantive and methodological areas in which he has had major impact. I then briefly outline various ways in which the foci of my own work have been shaped by Becker's instruction and example.