Aaron Victor Cicourel
Aaron Victor Cicourel (born August 29, 1928 in Atlanta ( Georgia , USA )) is an American sociologist .
Live and act
In 1966 he became professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara and in 1970 at that university's site in San Diego . Since 1989 he has been professor of Cognitive Science, Pediatrics and Sociology at the School of Medicine at this university. He has now retired .
He accepted numerous visiting professorships in Latin America and Western Europe . He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an Associate Editor of scientific journals . He lives in Berkeley, CA.
Cicourel is one of the main representatives of the phenomenologically influenced sociology in the USA; Alfred Schütz's pupil is very close to Erving Goffmann and Harold Garfinkel's highly regarded analyzes of everyday coexistence and played an important role in the development of ethnomethodology . He combined traditional micro-sociology with modern approaches in psychology and anthropology . He does not see culture and language as something given, but rather as something in need of explanation.
His research interests primarily focus on everyday thinking, speaking and social action, ( interactions ) and especially the hidden, unconscious aspects of these processes.
Works (selection)
- Method and measurement in sociology (from the American by Frigga Haug), 1st edition, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1974, 316 S., ISBN 3-518-07699-X
- Language in social interaction , German first edition, Munich: List, 1975, 267 pp., ISBN 3-471-61432-X
Web links
- Literature by and about Aaron Victor Cicourel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Aaron Cicourel on the UCSD website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cicourel, Aaron Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta , Georgia , United States |