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Don,

Reza Azarian at the department of sociology at Stockholm
University([log in to unmask]) has written an interesting
dissertation on Harrison's sociology. It is most likely the best source
if you want to know where Harrison "is coming from".

Peter


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Subject: Harrison White - Identity and Control


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Hi,

        After Mark Granovetter suggested I read Identity and Control
twice (in both senses) I made a determined effort and have gotten
through it the first time. It has given me a whole new perspective on
networks and reading it was a wonderful experience, but I feel like I
missed more than I got. I have a couple of questions.

1. His terminology seems ideosyncratic. Is there a precident for
    using "discipline" the way he does? How about "story?"

2. I have been looking up some of the key authors he refers to and
reading
    them. For instance, Eric Leifer's work related to White gives
"ties"
    a whole different meaning than how I had been thinking of them.
White
    refers to Erving Goffman frequently and I am reading some of his
stuff.
    It seems to me that Goffman, at least, is "symbolic interactionism"
    subdivision of sociology (I may be off base about this, I am just
learning).
    What would be some other stuff to read to get the big picture of
where
    White is coming from?

3. I would like to start a listserv to discuss White. In fact, I
already
    have, but there is no one subscribed to it but me. I talked to Mark
    Granovetter and he said the he and 4 of his best graduate students
    read a chapter of White every week or two and then got together and
    disucssed it. I have learned a lot from listservs on CS Peirce and
    Hayek, I am wondering if there would be enough interest in White?

    Just in case sign up at:
http://www.isnae.org/mailman/listinfo/white/

-Don
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