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  2. Mind, Self and Society - Wikipedia

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    Mind, Self, and Society is a book based on the teaching of American sociologist George Herbert Mead's, published posthumously in 1934 by his students. It is credited as the basis for the theory of symbolic interactionism .

  3. George Herbert Mead - Wikipedia

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    One of his most influential ideas was the emergence of mind and self from the communication process between organisms, discussed in Mind, Self and Society (1934), also known as social behaviorism. [17] This concept of how the mind and self emerge from the social process of communication by signs founded the symbolic interactionist school of ...

  4. 'I' and the 'me' - Wikipedia

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    The ' I' and the 'me ' are terms central to the social philosophy of George Herbert Mead, one of the key influences on the development of the branch of sociology called symbolic interactionism. The terms refer to the psychology of the individual, where in Mead's understanding, the "me" is the socialized aspect of the person, and the "I" is the ...

  5. Symbolic interactionism - Wikipedia

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    Mind, Self and Society is the book published by Mead's students based on his lectures and teaching, and the title of the book highlights the core concept of social interactionism. Mind refers to an individual's ability to use symbols to create meanings for the world around the individual – individuals use language and thought to accomplish ...

  6. Symbolic self-completion theory - Wikipedia

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    The theory of symbolic self-completion has its origins in the symbolic interactionist school of thought. As expressed by George Mead in Mind, Self and Society, symbolic interactionism suggests that the self is defined by the way that society responds to the individual. [2]

  7. Margaret Mead wanted to save the world through LSD. The ... - AOL

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    “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science” tracks the souring of the idealism once associated with the study of psychedelic drugs in the ...

  8. Significant symbols - Wikipedia

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    Mead was interested specifically in the work of Wilhelm Wundt. It was from Wundt that Mead gained an understanding how the gesture is involved in social interaction. [4] This sociological term significant symbols is the basis for symbolic interactionism, which attempts to define the self.

  9. Sociology of human consciousness - Wikipedia

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    The foundations of this work may be traced to philosopher and sociologist George Herbert Mead, whose work provided major insights into the formation of mind, concepts of self and other, and the internalization of society in individual social beings, viewing these as emerging out of human interaction and communication. [3]