Differences Among Symbolic Interactionism, Conflict Theory, and Functionalism

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In the context of sociology, symbolic interactionism is developed from a person’s alludes or practical considerations of dialect to make images that ease his correspondence with others. In simple words, we can say that it is a way to understand how people communicate or interact with each other and what types of reactions they receive based on their behavior (Beneš & Harnisch, 2014, p. 153). On the other hand, the conflict theory emphasizes the critical stances toward existing social arrangements. It is meant to draw people’s attention to the fact that class and race conflicts can cause problems for the entire nation in the long run, and that all of the disputes that encourage a particular community or group of people to dominate the rest should be abolished. For this purpose, the micro and macro level analysis of the conflict is often required (Beneš & Harnisch, 2014).
Functionalism is the mental state, belief, desires, and feelings of a person, which are solely constituted by his functional role in the society. On the basic level, functionalism is how an individual play...