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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Goffman, Erving. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959.
Why this matters here
Goffman's analysis of self-presentation shows how conduct and identity are shaped by an imagined or present audience. The chapter draws on that mechanism to consider when moral speech becomes a performance for approval rather than an accountable response to another person.
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