Explain the interpretive approach of Max Weber.

 Interpretive approach has given rise to diverse theoretical traditions of sociology under the general category of social constructionist approach. Some of the prominent ones are symbolic interactionism, dramaturgy, phenomenology and ethnomethodology. The notion of the social construction of reality lies at the heart of symbolic interactionist perspective Anthony Giddens describes the study of everyday life as telling us how humans can act creatively to shape reality and that social behaviour is guided to some extent by forces such as roles, norms and shared expectations. He further tells us that individuals perceive reality differently according to their backgrounds, interests and motivations. In other words, reality is not fixed or static – it is created through human interactions.

Wallace and Wolf suggest (1995: 183-184) that the forerunners and direct contributors to the symbolic interactionist perspective include Georg Simmel and Robert Park; However, Max Weber’s contribution and emphasis on the importance of Versthehen (interpretive understanding or subjective meaning) for understanding social life was most important. It also demonstrated Weber’s ability to bridge ‘macro’ and ‘micro’ perspectives. In the following sub-sections, brief overviews of the interactionist perspectives will be discussed, in order to understand how and why these theoretical traditions are integral to interpretive sociology. Let us begin with symbolic interactionism.

1) Symbolic Interactionism

Symbolic interactionism has been one of the most significant sociological perspectives from North America. It traces its roots to the philosopher George Herbert Mead. The sociologists who developed this perspective further include Herbert Blumer and Erving Goffman. George Herbert Mead is known as the founding father of this perspective; although the perspective was named and popularized by his student, Herbert Blumer. While the symbolic interaction perspective is generally associated with Mead, it was Herbert Blumer who took Mead’s ideas and developed them into a more systematic sociological approach. Blumer coined the term symbolic interactionism. Blumerian symbolic interactionism is often referred to as the ‘Chicago School of Symbolic Interactionism’.

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