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…
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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. …
Inspirations : A Poetic for Paul
INSPIRATIONS Many people have inspired me over my life. They have fired my imagination, given me a passion, shaped me a little. So this is the first of a series of little reflections on people I like, love or admire. Today it is the turn of PAUL ROCK. He was my PhD supervisor at the…