Volume 8, No. 1, Art. 27 – January 2007

Loriot as a Symbolic Interactionist. Or: Why We Sometimes Need to Negotiate Social Order Even in a Bathtub

Dirk Koob (Germany)

Abstract: The following essay intends to outline both the theoretical (action theory) and methodological essentials of Symbolic Interactionism in a predominantly student-oriented way. The importance of norms in generating social order is discussed by referring to a satirical example. Almost unnoticed the reader is made familiar with the central terminology as well as with the reconstructive methodology of Symbolic Interactionism.

Key words: symbolic interactionism, social order, social norms, social sense and meaning, reconstructive methodology

This contribution is only available as a full text in the German language. German text

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