Tag: Paul Rock

Inspirations: The National Deviancy Conference

Paul Rock and David Downes were key figures in this early group. Inspirations: The National Deviancy Conference (NDC)circa 1968 As the sad news of Stanley Cohen and Mary McIntosh dying within a few days of each other moves into our memories,  I was left reflecting on the group and the time that they both pioneered…

Cosmopolitan Symbolic Interactionism

  On Symbolic Interactionism I have since the late 1960’s been interested in the theory of symbolic interactionism. It is a very partial and limited theory but for many purposes it is actually one of the best we have. The Poetic for Paul   a few posts back has already introduced some key ideas.  …

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