Inquiry to Self #2 – Erving Goffman: The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life

In the second episode to our inquiry to the concept of self, we will be taking a look at Erving Goffmans classic work, The presentation of self in everyday life. We will examine how Goffman saw that people express and manage their presentations of their self in social interactions, which he examined using dramaturgical analysis. By making an analogy between theater and real life, Goffman opens a window to just how much we resemble actors and performers in our daily interactions with each other.