Erving Goffman
(1922-1982)
Sociologist, writer, and academic
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Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century". In 2007 The Times Higher Education Guide listed him as the sixth most-cited author of books in the humanities and social sciences, behind Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, and Anthony Giddens, and ahead of Jürgen Habermas.
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11 June 1922 Mannville, Alberta, Canada
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19 November 1982 (aged 60) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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