Mind, Self, and Society: The Definitive Edition by George Herbert Mead,Charles W. Morris

By George Herbert Mead,Charles W. Morris

George Herbert Mead is widely known as essentially the most brilliantly unique American pragmatists. even though he had a profound impression at the improvement of social philosophy, he released no books in his lifetime. This makes the lectures accrued in Mind, Self, and Society all of the extra outstanding, as they give a unprecedented synthesis of his ideas.

This assortment will get to the guts of Mead’s meditations on social psychology and social philosophy. Its penetrating, conversational tone transports the reader without delay into Mead’s lecture room as he teases out the genesis of the self and the character of the brain. The ebook captures his wry humor and wise reasoning, exhibiting a guy cozy quoting Aristotle along Alice in Wonderland.

Included during this version are an insightful foreword from top Mead student Hans Joas, a revealing set of textual notes by means of Dan Huebner that element the text’s origins, and a entire bibliography of Mead’s different released writings. whereas Mead’s lectures encouraged 1000s of scholars, a lot of his brilliance has been misplaced to time. This re-creation guarantees that Mead’s rules will keep on, inspiring a brand new iteration of thinkers.

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