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Karl Marx was known as an important early symbolic interactionist.

Symbolic Interactionist

A theoretical perspective in sociology that focuses on how individuals interpret and assign meaning to social symbols, and how this shapes social interaction.

Karl Marx

A 19th-century philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist who developed the theory of Marxism, focusing on class struggle and the need for a proletariat revolution.

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Suraksha TripathiMay 13, 2024
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Karl Marx was not known as a symbolic interactionist. He was a social theorist who developed the theory of historical materialism and wrote extensively on the topics of capitalism, socialism, and communism. Symbolic interactionism emerged as a sociological perspective decades after Marx's work was published.