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Symbolic Action, Art, and Social Order: The Sociological Theory of Hugh Dalziel Duncan

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Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 13 (3): 267--273 (1977)
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6696(197707)13:3\%3C267::aid-jhbs2300130307\%3E3.0.co;2-f

Abstract

The sociological theory of Hugh Dalziel Duncan is reviewed as a symbolic interactionist answer to the Hobbesian question. It is argued that Duncan's work provides contemporary sociology with a comprehensive symbolic theory, and that a reconsideration of this work will produce a much-needed awareness of the importance of form and art to sociological thinking. Duncan's theoretical work is proposed as a powerful alternative to structural-functionalism.

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