Micro-sociological theory has traditionally stressed interactional pressures towards alignment: actors’ attempts to co-construct a shared definition of the situation. We argue that this model provides an insufficient account of the coordination of action and of the emergence of intersubjectivity among actors. To complement the focus on alignment, we develop a theory of disruption—a perceived misalignment of the dramaturgical structure of interaction in coordinating expected lines of action. We develop a theory of the interaction order that takes the interplay between interactional alignment and disruption as a foundational challenge both for sociology and for actors in their everyday lives. We focus on the practical ways in which actors negotiate both interactional breaches and wider relational ruptures, and how they differentiate between disruptions-of relations and disruptions-for them. By doing so, we connect the interaction order to a wider relational order, providing a bridge between micro-level interactionism and the sociology of culture.

中文翻译：

---

中断与相互作用秩序理论

微观社会学理论传统上强调对对齐的互动压力：行动者试图共同构建对情境的共同定义。我们认为，该模型没有充分说明行动的协调和行动者之间主体间性的出现。为了补充对对齐的关注，我们开发了一种中断理论——在协调预期的行动路线时，互动的戏剧结构的感知错位。我们开发了一种互动秩序理论，该理论将互动对齐和破坏之间的相互作用作为社会学和日常生活中参与者的基本挑战。我们专注于参与者协商互动破坏和更广泛的关系破裂的实际方式，以及他们如何区分关系中断和对他们的中断。通过这样做，我们将互动秩序与更广泛的关系秩序联系起来，在微观层面的互动主义和文化社会学之间架起了一座桥梁。