George Herbert Mead
A founder of symbolic interactionism, his work on the self, mind, and society emphasized the role of social interaction in shaping identity.
Quotes by George Herbert Mead
The individual is a social process.
Reflection arises when the stimulus and response are inhibited.
The future is a hypothesis of the present.
Social objects are constituted by social attitudes.
The self is reflexive; it is an object to itself.
Mind emerges from the social process of significant symbols.
The organized attitude of the community is the generalized other.
Action is social in its inception and completion.
The past exists only as it is reconstructed in the present.
The 'I' responds to the 'me,' creating the self.
Society is not a fixed structure but a flux of interactions.
The significant symbol is one that calls out the same response in the other.
Thought is the manipulation of social symbols.
The self is formed through role-taking.
Reality is perspectival, emerging from social perspectives.
The community of investigation is the source of truth.
The individual achieves identity through social participation.
Gestures become significant through shared meaning.
The present is pregnant with the future.
Social psychology studies the behavior of the individual in society.