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CSI Director, Dr. Joseph Kotarba, Releases Co-Edited Collection of Essays
Dr. Joseph A. Kotarba, Director of the Center for Social Inquiry, is co-editor of this ground-breaking collect of essays. He is also a contributor to the book; his keynote address is "Taking Chances in Everyday Life: Studying Culture Across Continents." The Center for Social Inquiry is co-sponsor of this book, and will receive 5% of the royalties.
Book Description:
This is the first Volume of the Proceedings of the International Symposium on The Present and Future of Symbolic Interactionism held in Pisa, 3-5 June 2010, sponsored by the University of Pisa, the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) and the Italian Sociological Association (AIS).
This collection of keynote addresses by some of the most important and influential interactionists anywhere illustrates well the strengths as well as the promise of a truly international Symbolic Interactionism, and shows the vitality of the perspective in the present social sciences. The essays included in the book show a deep respect for the intellectual roots of interactionism, but also the more contemporary interpretations and extension of these roots.