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Marginal man or marginal man theory is a sociological concept first developed by sociologists Robert Ezra Park (1864–1944) and Everett Stonequist (1901–1979) to explain how an individual suspended between two cultural realities may struggle to establish his or her identity.
Robert Park's Marginal Man: The Career of a Concept in American Sociology; By Chad Alan Goldberg, University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA Edited by Peter Kivisto; Book: The Anthem Companion to Robert Park; Online publication: 10 January 2018
8 de ago. de 2012 · Published 8 August 2012. Sociology. Robert E. Park’s concept of the marginal man has been a remarkably fruitful source of intellectual stimulation in American sociology over the past eight decades; in this respect the 1928 essay in which he originally presented the concept surely qualifies as a sociological classic.
Everett Verner Stonequist (October 5, 1901 – March 26, 1979) was an American Sociologist perhaps best known for his 1937 book, The Marginal Man "The marginal person is poised in the psychological uncertainty between two (or more) social worlds; reflecting in his soul the discords and harmonies, repulsions and attractions of these ...
19 de may. de 2022 · The effect is to produce an unstable character—a personality type with characteristic forms of behaviour. This is the ‘marginal man’. It is in the mind of the marginal man that the conflicting cultures meet and fuse. (Park, 1928, p. 881)
Further: The marginal man, as here conceived, is one whom fate has con- demned to live in two societies and in two, not merely different but antagonistic, cultures. Thus, the individual whose mother is a Jew and whose father is a Gentile is fatally condemned to grow up under the influence of two traditions.
The marginal man arises in a bi-cultural or multi-cultural situation. The natural desire of the mixed-blood is to advance toward the group occupying the higher status. He may be forced to accept the status of the lower group, possibly becoming their leader. He may be rejected by both groups.
