En el aniversario de Erving Goffman (1922-1982)

Abstract

Although Erving Goffman’s work has still low implantation in spanish academic sociology,
there is no doubt that he is one of the most important and original microsociologists in the second
half of last century. That is why, in the twentieth anniversary of his death and eight years after his
birth, I have tried to offer a brief biographical and bibliographical revision of his life and his thought.
Educated in the Symbolic Interactionist School and creator of the Dramaturgical Model his
scientific interests makes him analyse research areas such as interaction in everyday life, the social
construction of the stigma, the identity and the self, the Total Institutions, etc., wich are topical
problems in the current psychosociologyst discussions.