LECTURE BY VICTOR VAKHTSTEIN

LECTURE BY VICTOR VAKHTSTEIN: ‘Dramaturgical Sociology: Everyday Life as 'Theatrical Performance' and 'Undercover Operation'" The notion that the world is a stage and people are its performers has provided sociologists with a universal master key: the theatrical metaphor. Thanks to Erving Goffman, the founder of dramaturgical sociology, we now analyse interactions between individuals as if they were all performers in an unscripted play. Sociologists have learned to talk about everyday life in terms of 'roles', 'scenes', 'props', and 'foreground and background performance'. However, metaphors have their own connotations. One leads to another. The closest relative of the theatre metaphor is the espionage metaphor, in which each actor is a little like an undercover agent and each spectator is a little like a counterintelligence agent. Viktor Vakhtstein is a sociologist and a specialist in social theory and microsociology. Candidate of Sociological Sciences. When: 02.11.2025 Time: 18:00 Aliathon Resort Hotel, Pantheon Hall The event is part of the ‘To be continued’ festival. The Art of Living.