Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2025-06-05
Books mentioned on Impression Management
We all in some way care about what other people think of us. At our core we all have a fear of saying something dumb or embarrassing ourselves somehow.
Chuck Bryant discussed The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman is a foundational 1956 sociology book that explores human interaction through dramaturgical theory, comparing social life to theatrical performance.
Discussed“Uh he wrote a book in 1956 called the presentation of self in everyday life. What a great title. No colons. It's exactly what it says it is.”
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