Erving Goffman

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  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    F i e l d e t h n o g r a p h e r s se em q u i t e g e n e r a l l y c o n v i n c e d t h a t e v e n s h a m a n s who know t h a t t h e y add fraud n e v e r t h e l e s s a l s o b e l i e v e in t h e i r p o w e r s , an d e s p e c i a l l y in t h o s e o f o t h e r s h a m a n s : t h e y c o n s u l t them whet! t h e y t h e m s e l v e s or theLr c h i l d r e n a r e i l l
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    an d e s p e c i a l l y in e x h i b i t i o n s o f p o w e r . T h i s s l e i g h t - o f - h a n d i s s o m e t i m e s d e l i b e r a t e ; in man y c a s e s a w a r e n e s s i s p e r h a p s no t d e e p e r chan th e f o r e c o n s c i o u s
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    A nother m ix tu re o f c y n i c i s m a n d b e l i e f i s s u g g e s t e d in K ro e b e r ’s d i s c u s s i o n o f s h a m a n i s m : N e x t , t h e r e i s th e o l d q u e s t io n o f d e c e p t i o n « P r o b a b l y m o s t s h a m a n s or m e d i c i n e men, th e world o v er , h e l p a l o n g with s l e i g h t - o f - h a n d in c u r i n g
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    e v e r y o n e i s a l w a y s a n d e v e r y w h e r e , more o r l e s s c o n s c i o u s l y , p l a y i n g a r o l e . . . I t i s in t h e s e r o l e s t h a t w e k n o w e a c h o t h e r ; it i s in t h e s e r o l e s t h a t w e k n o w o u r s e l v e s
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    I h a v e s u g g e s t e d two e x t r e m e s : an i n d i v i d u a l may be ta ken in by h i s own a c t or be c y n i c a l a b o u t i t. T h e s e e x t r e m e s are s o m e t h i n g a l i t t l e more th a n j u s t th e e n d s of a c o n tin u u m . E a c h p r o v i d e s th e in d i v i d u a l with a p o s i t i o n w hich h a s i t s own p a r t i c u l a r s e c u r i t i e s and d e f e n c e s , s o th e r e will be a te n d e n c y for t h o s e who h ave t r a v e l l e d c l o s e to o n e of t h e s e p o l e s to comp l e t e the v o y a g e
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    A c y n i c a l in d iv id u a l may d e l u d e h i s a u d i e n c e for what he c o n s i d e r s t o be th e ir own good, or for th e good o f th e com m unity, e t c . F o r i l l u s t r a t i o n s of t h i s we n e e d not a p p e a l to s a d l y e n l i g h t e n e d show m en s u c h a s M a rc u s A u r e l i u s or H sun T z u .
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    When th e in d iv i d u a l h a s no b e l ie f in h i s own a c t a n d no u l t i m a t e c o n c e r n with t h e b e l i e f s o f h i s a u d i e n c e , we may c a ll him c y n i c a l , r e s e r v i n g t h e term s i n c e r e for i n d i v i d u a l s who b e l i e v e in th e im p r e s s i o n f o s t e r e d by t h e i r own p e rfo rm a n c e .
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    d r a m a tu rg ic a l p r o b l e m s of p r e s e n t i n g th e a c t i v i t y b efo re o th e r s
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    T o s u m m a r iz e , th e n , I a s s u m e th a t when an in d iv i d u a l a p p e a r s b ef o r e o t h e r s h e will h a v e many m o ti v e s for tr y in g to co n tro l t h e i m p r e s s i o n th e y r e c e i v e o f the s i t u a t i o n .
  • Thomas Tuotihas quoted11 years ago
    T h e r e s e e m s t o be no g r o uping which d o e s n o t h a v e a r e a d y s u p p ly o f t h e s e g a m e s , r e v e r i e s , a n d c a u t i o n a r y t a l e s , to be u s e d a s a s o u r c e of humour, a c a t h a r s i s for a n x i e t i e s , and a s a n c t i o n for in d u c i n g i n d i v i d u a l s to be m o d e s t in th e i r c l a i m s a n d r e a s o n a b l e in th e ir p r o j e c t e d e x p e c t a t i o n
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