The papers in this special issue celebrate and build on the insights Blumer provides in his pivotal book Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method. In setting the context for these papers, we discuss the significance of Blumer's variant of interactionism, his contributions to the discipline of sociology, the misinterpretations and misrepresentations of his approach, and the way in which the papers in this issue carry forward his legacy.

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饱受折磨却经久不衰的影响：布鲁默符号互动主义特刊简介

本期特刊中的论文赞扬并建立在布鲁默在他的重要著作《象征性互动主义：透视与方法》中提供的见解。在设置这些论文的背景时，我们讨论了布鲁默互动主义变体的意义，他对社会学学科的贡献，对他的方法的误解和歪曲，以及本期论文继承他的遗产的方式。