Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology
1. Edition November 1984
344 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-7456-0061-1
John Wiley & Sons
The writings of Harold Garfinkel have had a major impact on the
social sciences and linguistics. This book offers a systematic and
innovative analysis of his theories and of the ethnomethodological
movement which he has inspired.
It is the only full-length study focused on the writings of
Harold Garfinkel and will be essential reading for all those
concerned with understanding and evaluating one of the most
radically original social scientists of recent times.
Preface.
1 Introduction.
2 A Parsonian Backdrop.
3 The Phenomenological Input.
4 The Morality of Cognition.
5 Actions, Rules and Contexts.
6 Accounts and Accountings.
7 Maintaining Institutional Realities.
8 Conversation Analysis.
9 Epilogue: An Uncompleted Quest.
Appendix.
Bibliography.
Index
1 Introduction.
2 A Parsonian Backdrop.
3 The Phenomenological Input.
4 The Morality of Cognition.
5 Actions, Rules and Contexts.
6 Accounts and Accountings.
7 Maintaining Institutional Realities.
8 Conversation Analysis.
9 Epilogue: An Uncompleted Quest.
Appendix.
Bibliography.
Index
'A... comprehensive overview and critique of ethnomethodologically
informed conversation analysis is now available in coherent and
accessible form.' Contemporary Sociology
'... This is an excellent collection which attempts to explore
fundamental features of social analysis... The arguments presented
have profound implications for the analysis of classroom
interaction and other features of the educational world.'
Language and Education
'It is to John Heritage's great credit that he has
sifted the wheat from the chaff. He has given us a clear exposition
of the intellectual antecedents of Garfinkel's work-notably
Husserl, Schutz, and Mannheim-and of its affinities with
Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy. He has amply
illustrated aspects of Garfinkel's own work and in particular
has shown how conversation analysis, which is particularly indebted
to the research of the late Harvey Sacks, has become a prominent
form of ethnomethodological work. The book is well-organized and
clearly written.' John Eldridge, Times Higher Education
Supplement
'Scholarly, accurate, timely...a comprehensive
overview and critique of ethnomethodologically informed
conversation analysis is now available in coherent and accessible
form.' Contemporary Sociology
informed conversation analysis is now available in coherent and
accessible form.' Contemporary Sociology
'... This is an excellent collection which attempts to explore
fundamental features of social analysis... The arguments presented
have profound implications for the analysis of classroom
interaction and other features of the educational world.'
Language and Education
'It is to John Heritage's great credit that he has
sifted the wheat from the chaff. He has given us a clear exposition
of the intellectual antecedents of Garfinkel's work-notably
Husserl, Schutz, and Mannheim-and of its affinities with
Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy. He has amply
illustrated aspects of Garfinkel's own work and in particular
has shown how conversation analysis, which is particularly indebted
to the research of the late Harvey Sacks, has become a prominent
form of ethnomethodological work. The book is well-organized and
clearly written.' John Eldridge, Times Higher Education
Supplement
'Scholarly, accurate, timely...a comprehensive
overview and critique of ethnomethodologically informed
conversation analysis is now available in coherent and accessible
form.' Contemporary Sociology
John Heritage is Professor of Sociology at UCLA. He is the coeditor (with J.M. Atkinson) of Structures of Social Action: Studies in Conversation Analysis and is currently researching on televised political communication.
