Tag Archives: GH Mead

Summary: Mind Self and Society

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

The Introduction by Charles W. Morris has helped me to succinctly place my fingers on what’s important to take away from these three essays as well as to understand Mead in context of his social setting.  He’s hugely influenced by … Continue reading →

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George Herbert Mead

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

The first thing I had to wrap my mind around with GH was that he worked three roles:  sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher.  I wonder now if sociologists define themselves in this way, as a combination of three things, or if … Continue reading →

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Sociological Theory – Some Ideas

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Georg Simmel on Interaction. “The triad as such seems to me to result in three kinds of typical group formations.  All of them are impossible if there are only two elements…. in the most significant of all dyads, monogamous marriage, … Continue reading →

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Schools of Thought

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Within most scientific disciplines there are hundreds of thinkers writing hundreds of books on hundreds of topics.  Without a framework to classify these thinkers its difficult to link the theories proposed or effectively evaluate them.  It is also difficult then … Continue reading →

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