| Predicaments: Moral Difficulty in Everyday Life Contributor(s): Stebbins, Robert A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819192139 ISBN-13: 9780819192134 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 302 |
| LCCN: 93002207 |
| Physical Information: 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Building on Goffman's observations on the moral basis of social interaction, this book elaborates on the notion of a predicament. Stebbins discusses the particular moral concepts including: deception, selfishness, situational ignorance, conceit, and solitude. As a new scientific concept, the predicament helps correct the dearth of generic concepts available for the sociological study of morality in everyday life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stebbins, Robert A.: - Robert A. Stebbins, FRSC, is Faculty Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary. He has written over 225 articles and chapters and written or edited 41 books, including recent titles The Idea of Leisure: First Principles; Serious Leisure: A Perspective for Our Time; Personal Decisions in the Public Square: Beyond Problem Solving into a Positive Sociology; Leisure and Consumption: Common Ground/Separate Worlds; and Social Entrepreneurship for Dummies. Stebbins was elected Fellow of the Academy of Leisure Sciences in 1996, the Royal Society of Canada in 1999, and the World Leisure Academy in 2010. |