Herbert Blumer
Herbert Blumer was an important contributor towards the sociological prospective of symbolic interactionism. His approach to the study of social life grew from George Herbert Mead’s ideas about the human self , thought and interaction. In Herbert Blumer’s article “Society in Action” Blumer argues that human social life is a continual process of individual and collective definition and interpretation. ... Blumer came up with three pretty basic core principles to his theory. ... Meads influence on Blumer becomes apparent here because Mead believed that naming was assigned meaning, thus naming was the basis for human society and the extent of knowledge. ... To apply Blumer’s ideas to an interaction in my life, in which I regularly engage, and that also creates or sustains a social structure, I have chosen a group of close friends that show how our social structure is constantly created, performed, and affirmed in social action. ... Blumer talks about human group life and how it consists of, and exists in, actions that are applied together and toward each other by the members of the group. ... Blumer says that people respond to meaning.