アーヴィング・ゴフマン（Erving Goffman、1922–1982） カナダ生まれの社会学者。シカゴ学派の影響を受け、日常生活における対人関係や社会的相互作用を分析し、「自己呈示」や「役割」といった概念を通して現代社会学の発展に大きな影響を与えた。『日常生活における自己呈示』（原題 "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life"）は、人々が社会生活のなかで状況に応じて自己を演じ分ける過程を「演劇」の比喩を用いて分析し、現代社会学に大きな影響を与えた代表作である。
Erving Goffman (1922–1982) was a Canadian-born sociologist whose work transformed the study of everyday social interaction. Influenced by the Chicago School, he developed influential concepts such as self-presentation and social roles, using a dramaturgical approach to explain how people manage their identities in different social settings. His best-known book, "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life," examines how individuals perform different roles in everyday interactions, employing the metaphor of the theater to illuminate the dynamics of social life.
