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- Authors
- Blumer, H.
- Corresponding author
- Blumer, Herbert
- Venue
- American Sociological Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1954-02
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3
- ISSN
- 0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4246938793
- Cited by
- 2,535
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 293 · 2025: 160 · 2024: 190 · 2023: 265 · 2022: 219 · 2021: 148 · 2020: 162 · 2019: 169 · 2018: 159 · 2017: 119 · 2016: 116 · 2015: 73 · 2014: 69 · 2013: 61 · 2012: 50
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Sociological Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Realism in Sociology
- Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Social Science and Policy Research
- Keywords
- social theory, critique of social theory, theoretical methods, sociology of knowledge
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