Erving Goffman

1922–1982 (age 60)

Biography

Erving Goffman, born in 1922, was a Canadian-born sociologist whose work on the presentation of self and the rituals of everyday life reshaped the discipline.

He inspired generations of scholars to examine social interaction, and his influence continues to be felt near Mount Lebanon Cemetery.

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