03111nam a2200481Ii 4500 9781787431652 UtOrBLW 20251029120801.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 170830s2017 enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781787431652 (e-book) 9781787431881 ePUB UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW n-us-ia HM499 .C37 2017 JHBA bicssc SOC026040 bisacsh 316.4 Carl J. Couch and the Iowa School : in his own words and in reflection / edited by Michael A. Katovich. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017. ©2017 1 online resource (xxv, 182 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Studies in symbolic interaction, 0163-2396 ; v. 49 Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Prelims -- The romance of discovery By Carl J. Couch -- Social scientific foundations of discovery -- Reflections -- Selected bibliography on the Iowa School -- About the authors -- Index. In this new volume of Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Carl J. Couch's (1925-1994) memoir The Romance of Discovery, which has lain unpublished for thirty years, is published in full for the first time. Couch, one of the co-founders of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, reflects on his work that influenced a generation of scholars and created a novel perspective known as the new Iowa School of Symbolic Interaction. His memoir describes the joy of establishing synergetic connections and the pain of the political struggles associated with the establishment of this school of thought. It offers a frank, proud yet humble, unapologetic description of a scholar's journey, from a successful research to a founder of a school of thought. It provides a readable and valuable 'moral tale' of how research is not only a social act, but charged with political and conflictual dynamics as well. Edited and set in context by Michael A. Katovich, the volume also includes Couch's unpublished essay 'Forms of Social Processes' which sets out a theory of his methodology. Friends and colleagues offer their personal reflections on their relationship with Couch, and the volume concludes with a unique selected bibliography on new Iowa School works. Print version record Symbolic interactionism Iowa. 61203 Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. 61204 Social Science Sociology / Social Theory. bisacsh 57192 Social theory. bicssc 58050 Katovich, Michael A., editor. 61205 9781787431669 Studies in symbolic interaction ; 49. 59120 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S0163-2396201749 52008 52008