Mol 34-5: "Goffman's sociology was designed as a supplement to a specific kind of psychology [...] a dynamic psychology, in which, after a developmental process, adults have real selves deep down, back stage."
But: psychology is now considered (by sociologists?) to have "lost its power to study the real reality of individuals" (36)
"Sociology, when observing what individuals do in public, on stage, no longer feels that there is anything deep that it is missing out on. In terms of the stage metaphor, one could say that there are only stages these days." (36)
"And people's identities do not precede their performances, but are constituted in and through them" (37)