Mind, self and society : the definitive edition

Author

• Mead, George Herbert

Additional Author(s)

• Morris, Charles W.

Publisher

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2015

Language

English

ISBN

9780226112732

Series

Subject(s)

• BEHAVIORISM (PSYCHOLOGY)
• SELF
• SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Notes

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Abstract

George Herbert Mead is widely recognized as one of the most brilliantly original American pragmatists. Although he had a profound influence on the development of social philosophy, he published no books in his lifetime. This makes the lectures collected in Mind, Self, and Society all the more remarkable, as they offer a rare synthesis of his ideas. This collection gets to the heart of Mead's meditations on social psychology and social philosophy. Its penetrating, conversational tone transports the reader directly into Mead's classroom as he teases out the genesis of the self and the nature of the mind. The book captures his wry humor and shrewd reasoning, showing a man comfortable quoting Aristotle alongside Alice in Wonderland. Included in this edition are an insightful foreword from leading Mead scholar Hans Joas, a revealing set of textual notes by Daniel R. Huebner that detail the text's origins, and a comprehensive bibliography of Mead's other published writings. While Mead's lectures inspired countless students, much of his brilliance has been lost to time. This definitive edition ensures that Mead's ideas will carry on, inspiring a new generation of thinkers.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xliii, 514 p.

Dimension

22 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

The point of view of social behaviorism --
Mind --
The self --
Society --
Supplementary essays. Social psychology and behaviorism --
The behavioristic significance of attitudes --
The behavioristic significance of gestures --
Rise of parallelism in psychology --
Parallelism and the ambiguity of "consciousness" --
The program of behaviorism --
Wundt and the concept of the gesture --
Imitation and the origin of language --
The vocal gesture and the significant symbol --
Thought, communication, and the significant symbol --
Meaning --
Universality --
The nature of reflective intelligence --
Behaviorism, Watsonism, and reflection --
Behaviorism and psychological parallelism --
Mind and the symbol --
The relation of mind to response and environment --
The self and the organism --
The background of the genesis of the self --
Play, the game, and the generalized other --
The self and the subjective --
The "I" and the "me" --
Social attitudes and the physical world --
Mind as the individual importation of the social process --
The "I" and the "me" as phases of the self --
The realization of the self in the social situation --
The contributions of the "me" and the "I" --
The social creativity of the emergent self --
A contrast of individualistic and social theories of the self --
The basis of human society : man and the insects --
The basis of human society : man and the vertebrates --
Organism, community, and environment --
The social foundations and functions of thought and communication --
The community and the institution --
The fusion of the "I" and the "me" in social activities --
Democracy and universality in society --
Further consideration of religious and economic attitudes --
The nature of sympathy --
Conflict and integration --
The functions of personality and reason in social organization --
Obstacles and promises in the development of the ideal society --
Summary and conclusion --
The function of imagery in conduct --
The biologic individual --
The self and the process of reflection --
Fragments on ethics.

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