Carreira da Silva G.H. Mead

A Critical Introduction
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5783-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Key Contemporary Thinkers

G. H. Mead is rightly considered to be one of sociology's foundingfathers, yet to date there have been surprisingly few books devotedto his life and work. This book fills the gap by introducing Mead'sideas to a younger generation of social scientists.
Beginning with a biographical account of the main events inMead's career, Filipe Carreira da Silva provides a thoroughexamination of Mead's social theory of the self, the reception ofhis ideas into sociology, and the relevance of his work to thecontemporary social sciences.
He focuses in detail on the core ideas associated with Mead'swork, including gesture and the significant symbol, the I-medistinction and the 'generalized other', as well as exploring lesswell-known aspects of his writing.
This comprehensive introduction to Mead's thinking will appealto students across the social sciences, providing a refreshingperspective on the social nature of the individual self.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carreira da Silva, Filipe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements vi
1 Introduction and General Overview 1
2 Life and Work: 1863-1931 17
3 Mead's Social Psychology: Basic Concepts 28
4 The Social Self 42
5 Society, Mind and Self 56
6 Mead and Symbolic Interactionism 70
7 Mead and Twentieth-Century Sociology 91
8 Why Read Mead Today? 116
Notes 126
Bibliography 141
Index 152

Über Autor(innen)

Filipe Carreira da Silva is an Assistant Researcher at the University of Lisbon.