Narcissism, Self, and Social Interaction (Sociologia w Centrum - Sociology in the Center)
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We are pleased to invite you to the academic debate entitled: "Narcissism, Self, and Social Interaction". The debate is a part of the series of academic meetings called Sociology in the Center.
This time, we will focus on the issues related to microsociology: how the self-worth is constructed in the process of social interaction.
Our guest will be Prof. Anssi Peräkylä from the University of Helsinki, who has been collaborating with the JU Institute of Sociology for about two years. We will also host – as the panelists – Prof. Marek Czyżewski from the University of Łódź, and Malwina Wójcik, representing the students of the JU Institute of Sociology. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Daria Łucka.
The debate will take place on June 11, at 5 pm, in the Reading Room (Sala im. Władysława Kwaśniewicza, room 63) of the JU Institute of Sociology.
Prof. Peräkylä about the debate:
In a string of studies, I have explored the ways in which narcissistic personality is played out in social interaction. The studies are inspired by Harold Garfinkel’s idea that persons who deviate from what is typical -- Garfinkel called them “interactional troublemakers -- can make visible interactional practices that otherwise remain unnoticed. Narcissistic persons’ experience of self is atypical, as they are hypersensitive to their self-worth. Such persons’ interactional practices can reveal something generic about the construction of self-worth in social interaction.
In my presentation, I will outline my Goffman-inspired understanding of what might be called interactional self-system: the norms and practices through which self and its worth is constructed in social interaction. Guided by this Goffmanian understanding of the self, I will report the results of three empirical studies: a case-study of a narcissistic young man in psychotherapy, an interview study of a self-identified narcissistic person, and a study of couple therapy interaction with a narcissistic husband.
ABOUT OUR GUESTS:
Anssi Peräkylä is Professor Emeritus in Sociology, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. He received his PhD at the University of London, Goldsmiths College in 1992. Since then, he has worked in Universities of Tampere and Helsinki, from where he retired in January 2025. He has also worked as visiting scholar and professor in University of California, Los Angeles, and University of Freiburg.
Using conversation analysis, he has investigated social interactions in health care settings, psychotherapy, and ordinary everyday conversations, specializing in emotions in interaction. He has also developed experimental methods for the study of interaction. His latest book is "New Perspectives on Goffman in Language and Interaction", co-edited with Lorenza Mondada, was published by Routledge in 2023.
Marek Czyżewski is a retired professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Łódź, Poland. He received his PhD from the same university for the dissertation consisting of a critical discussion of ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the sociology of interaction. In his habilitation (in German, earned from Magdeburg University, Germany) he analyzed public debates on right-wing extremism and developed a general model of public debates.
His main interests include: discourse analysis, public and mass communication, public opinion and democracy, hate speech, intercultural communication, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, qualitative social research, and social theory (especially sociology of knowledge and Foucault).
Malwina Wójcik earned her bachelor's degree in Management and Artificial Intelligence at Kozminski University. Her thesis focused on exploring the use of AI tools in mental healthcare. Currently, Malwina continues her studies for a master's degree at the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. Her main academic research interests revolve around human relationships with technology. In her MA dissertation, she plans to examine how digital transformation shapes individual agency and the perception of self by exploring the discourse around algorithmic sociality.
In the up-coming debate, she will focus on the maintenance of one’s image in social interaction and the process of the construction of self-worth.
This time, we will focus on the issues related to microsociology: how the self-worth is constructed in the process of social interaction.
Our guest will be Prof. Anssi Peräkylä from the University of Helsinki, who has been collaborating with the JU Institute of Sociology for about two years. We will also host – as the panelists – Prof. Marek Czyżewski from the University of Łódź, and Malwina Wójcik, representing the students of the JU Institute of Sociology. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Daria Łucka.
The debate will take place on June 11, at 5 pm, in the Reading Room (Sala im. Władysława Kwaśniewicza, room 63) of the JU Institute of Sociology.
Prof. Peräkylä about the debate:
In a string of studies, I have explored the ways in which narcissistic personality is played out in social interaction. The studies are inspired by Harold Garfinkel’s idea that persons who deviate from what is typical -- Garfinkel called them “interactional troublemakers -- can make visible interactional practices that otherwise remain unnoticed. Narcissistic persons’ experience of self is atypical, as they are hypersensitive to their self-worth. Such persons’ interactional practices can reveal something generic about the construction of self-worth in social interaction.
In my presentation, I will outline my Goffman-inspired understanding of what might be called interactional self-system: the norms and practices through which self and its worth is constructed in social interaction. Guided by this Goffmanian understanding of the self, I will report the results of three empirical studies: a case-study of a narcissistic young man in psychotherapy, an interview study of a self-identified narcissistic person, and a study of couple therapy interaction with a narcissistic husband.
ABOUT OUR GUESTS:
Anssi Peräkylä is Professor Emeritus in Sociology, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. He received his PhD at the University of London, Goldsmiths College in 1992. Since then, he has worked in Universities of Tampere and Helsinki, from where he retired in January 2025. He has also worked as visiting scholar and professor in University of California, Los Angeles, and University of Freiburg.
Using conversation analysis, he has investigated social interactions in health care settings, psychotherapy, and ordinary everyday conversations, specializing in emotions in interaction. He has also developed experimental methods for the study of interaction. His latest book is "New Perspectives on Goffman in Language and Interaction", co-edited with Lorenza Mondada, was published by Routledge in 2023.
Marek Czyżewski is a retired professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Łódź, Poland. He received his PhD from the same university for the dissertation consisting of a critical discussion of ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the sociology of interaction. In his habilitation (in German, earned from Magdeburg University, Germany) he analyzed public debates on right-wing extremism and developed a general model of public debates.
His main interests include: discourse analysis, public and mass communication, public opinion and democracy, hate speech, intercultural communication, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, qualitative social research, and social theory (especially sociology of knowledge and Foucault).
Malwina Wójcik earned her bachelor's degree in Management and Artificial Intelligence at Kozminski University. Her thesis focused on exploring the use of AI tools in mental healthcare. Currently, Malwina continues her studies for a master's degree at the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. Her main academic research interests revolve around human relationships with technology. In her MA dissertation, she plans to examine how digital transformation shapes individual agency and the perception of self by exploring the discourse around algorithmic sociality.
In the up-coming debate, she will focus on the maintenance of one’s image in social interaction and the process of the construction of self-worth.
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