. ▁But ▁I ▁have ▁never ▁seen ▁him ▁write ▁with ▁such ▁raw , ▁energ izing ▁power ▁- ▁his ▁is ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁a ▁fine ▁angry ▁ang el ▁leading ▁us ▁into ▁the ▁political ▁battle ▁of ▁narr atives ▁currently ▁defining , ▁and ▁contest ing , ▁qual itative ▁research . ▁It ' s ▁a ▁perfect ▁pitch ▁for ▁this ▁manif esto ▁that ▁is ▁really ▁a ▁full ▁intellectual ▁and ▁perform ative ▁call ▁to ▁arms . ″ ▁ ▁Symbol ic ▁interaction ism , ▁social ▁psych ology ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁Den zin ▁established ▁himself ▁as ▁a ▁scholar ▁in ▁symbol ic ▁interaction ism ▁with ▁the ▁publications ▁of ▁two ▁works , ▁The ▁Research ▁Act : ▁A ▁The oret ical ▁Introduction ▁to ▁Soci ological ▁Method s ▁( 1 9 7 0 ), ▁and ▁Child hood ▁Social ization : ▁Studies ▁in ▁Language , ▁Inter action ▁and ▁Identity ▁( 1 9 7 7 ). ▁ ▁The ▁Research ▁Act , ▁which ▁presents ▁the ▁symbol ic - inter action ist , ▁interpret ive ▁approach ▁to ▁research ▁methods , ▁was ▁de emed ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁contribution ▁to ▁soci ological ▁theory . ▁Herbert ▁Bl umer ▁( 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 8 7 ), ▁a ▁leading ▁American ▁soci ologist ▁in ▁symbol ic ▁interaction ism , ▁believed ▁that ▁The ▁Research ▁Act ▁is ▁" A ▁first ▁class ▁work . ▁It ▁should ▁have ▁a ▁revolution ary ▁impact ▁on ▁social ▁research — inde ed ▁on ▁the ▁entire ▁scientific ▁enter prise ▁in ▁the ▁social ▁psych ology ▁sciences ." ▁▁ ▁In ▁Child hood ▁Social ization , ▁Den zin