 Nonetheless , Fine and Manning note that Goffman is " the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century " . Elliott and Turner see him as " a revered figure – an outlaw theorist who came to exemplify the best of the sociological imagination " , and " perhaps the first postmodern sociological theorist " . 
 Nonetheless , Fine and Manning note that Goffman is " the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century " . Elliott and Turner see him as " a revered figure – an outlaw theorist <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>came to exemplify the best of the sociological imagination " , and " perhaps the first postmodern sociological theorist " . 
Nonetheless , Fine and Manning note dat Goffman is " da most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century " . Elliott and Turner see him as " a revered figure – an outlaw theorist came to exemplify the best of tdasociological imagination " , and " perhaps the first postmodern sociological theorist " .