…I was asked about Carlos Castaneda. The most interesting thing about Castaneda to me is that he was a pupil of Harold Garfinkel and so was George Lucas. If you wonder why the world is getting weirder every year, just remember Lucas and Castaneda…

…Lucas. If you wonder why the world is getting weirder every year, just remember Lucas and Castaneda both studied with. Garfinkel is a sociologist who invented a new discipline called ethno methodology, which involves crisis experiments. I first heard of…

…with. Garfinkel is a sociologist who invented a new discipline called ethno methodology, which involves crisis experiments. I first heard of Garfinkel when I got a fan letter from a German sociologist who asked me if my books were influenced by Garfinkel,…

…I first heard of Garfinkel when I got a fan letter from a German sociologist who asked me if my books were influenced by Garfinkel, and they weren't at that time. So I went out and read Garfinkel and now my books are influenced by Garfinkel so that…

…sociologist who asked me if my books were influenced by Garfinkel, and they weren't at that time. So I went out and read Garfinkel and now my books are influenced by Garfinkel so that turned out to be a self fulfilling prophecy which I'm sure would…

…by Garfinkel, and they weren't at that time. So I went out and read Garfinkel and now my books are influenced by Garfinkel so that turned out to be a self fulfilling prophecy which I'm sure would delight Garfinkel. Garfinkel tried experiments like having…

…now my books are influenced by Garfinkel so that turned out to be a self fulfilling prophecy which I'm sure would delight Garfinkel. Garfinkel tried experiments like having students who were living at home go home and watch their parents as if they were…

…books are influenced by Garfinkel so that turned out to be a self fulfilling prophecy which I'm sure would delight Garfinkel. Garfinkel tried experiments like having students who were living at home go home and watch their parents as if they were boarders…

…and a half between them and when you start moving within that foot and a half people in our culture get nervous. And Garfinkel had his students move in gradually closer and closer until their noses were touching and people really went ape over that. Even…

…yeah ethno methodology is the science of practical jokes or else it's a criticism of sociology. Ethno methodology was started by Harold Garfinkel in UCLA, and whether it's another one of these new religions or whether it's a branch of sociology isn't very…

…Garfinkel in UCLA, and whether it's another one of these new religions or whether it's a branch of sociology isn't very clear. Garfinkel decided the only way to study our society is to make it anthropologically strange, that is to say look at it as…

…in the house and not children, and then write reports on how their parents behaved. The students found this profoundly disorienting. So Garfinkel decided it was worth pursuing. So he told them to go home again and treat their parents as if they were only…

…again and treat their parents as if they were only borders in the house. The parents found this profoundly disorienting too. Garfinkel noted a curious thing: even when it was explained that this was a sociological experiment, the parents were not amused. So…

…a curious thing: even when it was explained that this was a sociological experiment, the parents were not amused. So then Garfinkel tried other experiments, like having students go out and in conversation they would move closer and closer to the person…

…I was asked about Carlos Castaneda. The most interesting thing about Castaneda to me is that he was a pupil of Harold Garfinkel and so was George Lucas. If you wonder why the world is getting weirder every year, just remember Lucas and Castaneda…

…Lucas. If you wonder why the world is getting weirder every year, just remember Lucas and Castaneda both studied with Garfinkel. Garfinkel is a sociologist who invented a new discipline called ethno methodology, which involves crisis experiments. I first heard…

…If you wonder why the world is getting weirder every year, just remember Lucas and Castaneda both studied with Garfinkel. Garfinkel is a sociologist who invented a new discipline called ethno methodology, which involves crisis experiments. I first heard of…

…Garfinkel is a sociologist who invented a new discipline called ethno methodology, which involves crisis experiments. I first heard of Garfinkel when I got a fan letter from a German sociologist who asked me if my books were influenced by Garfinkel…

…I first heard of Garfinkel when I got a fan letter from a German sociologist who asked me if my books were influenced by Garfinkel and they weren't. At that time. So I went out and read Garfinkel and now my books are influenced by Garfinkel. So that…

…own only one encyclopedia. Meanwhile the social sciences evolved further and ethno methodology came along. Ethno methodology was invented by Harold Garfinkel at UCLA and some people think it was the major invention of the intellectual calamity of the 60s. The…

…gutter low and there are no outsiders peering over the transom, they exchange the news and whispers. It was that bastard Garfinkel who did it. Because well for instance the two of Garfinkel's Best known pupils are Carlos Castaneda and George Lucas. And…

…just trace it back by way of Lucas or by way of Castaneda, You've got to go back to the source which was Garfinkel. Garfinkel confronted the fundamental challenge of modern anthropology and sociology, which is: how the hell do we know what part of our…

…it back by way of Lucas or by way of Castaneda, You've got to go back to the source which was Garfinkel. Garfinkel confronted the fundamental challenge of modern anthropology and sociology, which is: how the hell do we know what part of our experience…

…very simple system indeed, yes, that's right. And on top of the gödel problem there is the scandal that was unleashed when Garfinkel set his pupils to trying to find out what reality was. He invented what are known as breaching experiments, and breaching…

…cited that sociologist what's his name? He begins with a g. That you said turned out a whole bunch of interesting oh, Garfinkel, Garfinkel right well he's sort of the founder of gonzo sociology he is that's exactly right, Garfinkel. We should pay homage…

…that sociologist what's his name? He begins with a g. That you said turned out a whole bunch of interesting oh, Garfinkel, Garfinkel right well he's sort of the founder of gonzo sociology he is that's exactly right, Garfinkel. We should pay homage to him…

…a whole bunch of interesting oh, Garfinkel, Garfinkel right well he's sort of the founder of gonzo sociology he is that's exactly right, Garfinkel. We should pay homage to him at this point. Oh yes Harold Garfinkel is going to be remembered as one of the…

…the founder of gonzo sociology he is that's exactly right, Garfinkel. We should pay homage to him at this point. Oh yes Harold Garfinkel is going to be remembered as one of the great pivotal people of the 20th century. Did you, Arlen get involved with…

…the 20th century. Did you, Arlen get involved with him at all? As a sociologist, I'm not an unqualified admirer of Dr Garfinkel. However I give him my grudging acknowledgment as surely one of the founders of gonzo sociology. Well, do we have an example…

…ethno methodology is the science of practical jokes, or else it's the criticism of sociology. Ethno methodology was started by Harold Garfinkel in UCLA, and whether it's another one of these new religions or whether it's a branch of sociology isn't very…

…Garfinkel in UCLA, and whether it's another one of these new religions or whether it's a branch of sociology isn't very clear. Garfinkel decided the only way to study our society is to make it anthropologically strange, that is to say look at it as…

…in the house and not children, and then write reports on how their parents behaved. The students found this profoundly disorienting, so Garfinkel decided it was worth pursuing. So he told them to go home again and treat their parents as if they were only…

…again and treat their parents as if they were only boarders in the house. The parents found this profoundly disorienting too. Garfinkel noted a curious thing: even when it was explained that this was a sociological experiment, the parents were not amused.…

…a curious thing: even when it was explained that this was a sociological experiment, the parents were not amused. So then Garfinkel tried other experiments, like having students go out and in conversation they would move closer and closer to the person…