G.H. Mead, a Contemporary Re-Examination of His Thought

by Hans Joas

Book Overview

The work of American pragmatist George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) had a strong influence in fields ranging from metaphysics and ethics to sociology and social psychology. In this book, Hans Joas interweaves Mead's political and intellectual biography with the development of his theories. The key concept of the study is Opractical intersubjectivity - a term Joas introduces to characterize the link implicit in Mead's work between a theory of intersubjectivity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262100339
• ISBN13: 9780262100335
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.