![]() ![]() To say, he aims at knowing himself and the To know things that are personally important to him which is ![]() Much of any man’s effort to know the social world around him is prompted by an effort, more Known, and that this coefficient is no mere imperfection but I have shown that into every act of knowing there enters a passionate contribution of the To recognize this taskĪnd its promise is the mark of the classic social analyst. The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations I am especially grateful to Frances Goffman Bay, Esther Besbris, and Marly Zaslov for providing family documents and invaluable recollections about Erving Goffman’s formative years, as well as to EGA board members whose practical assistance and good cheer sustained me throughout this project. I wish to express my profound gratitude to all those who helped preserve the memory of Erving Goffman by contributing a memoir to the Erving Goffman Archives. *An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August 14, 2010. ![]()
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