This essay rests on the premise that Goffman’s Behavior in Public Places can be profitably explored in light of Goffman’s own behavior in public places, and vice versa. The tentative conclusion based on available biographical accounts is that Goffman was a student of civility whose standards he flouted, that his demeanor was sometimes intentionally demeaning, his deference willfully deferred, and his incivility painfully obvious to those present. The argument is made that Goffman’s infringements on the interaction order were strategic, systematic, theoretically significant, and worthy of close study by interactionist sociologists.

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戈夫曼传记与互动秩序

本文的前提是，根据戈夫曼在公共场所的行为，可以对戈夫曼在公共场所的行为进行有益的探索，反之亦然。根据现有的传记记载得出的初步结论是，戈夫曼是一位文明的学生，他蔑视自己的水准，他的举止有时是有意贬低的，他的举止被故意推迟了，而他的不文明行为对在场的人来说是显而易见的。有人认为，戈夫曼对互动秩序的侵犯是战略性的，系统的，理论上有意义的，值得互动主义社会学家仔细研究。