"Author Meets Critics" Abstracts
“Author Meets Critics” book talk featuring Erving Goffman and the Cold War, by Gary D. Jaworski, former professor of sociology and social thought at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, USA.
Fran Collyer
President, RC08
University of Wollongong, Australia
Fran Collyer introduces the author and book to the audience.
Gary D. Jaworski
Independent Researcher, USA
The author describes the origins of the book, its main themes, and some of the criticism it has received to date.
Yves Winkin
Professor Emeritus, University of Liège, Belgium
Winkin discusses the ways in which the book reframes the debate about Goffman’s contributions to sociology.
Greg Smith
Professor Emeritus, University of Salford, UK
Smith takes a granular look at the book’s key arguments about Goffman’s “natural metaphors.”
Christian Dayé
Research Fellow, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Dayé critically examines the book’s use of Ludwik Fleck’s notion of “thought-collective” and proposes alternatives.
Gary D. Jaworski
The author responds to panelists’ remarks and engages the audience in an open discussion of the issues raised.