G.H. Mead: A Critical Introduction

Acknowledgements vi

1 Introduction and General Overview 1

2 Life and Work: 1863–1931 17

3 Mead's Social Psychology: Basic Concepts 28

4 The Social Self 42

5 Society, Mind and Self 56

6 Mead and Symbolic Interactionism 70

7 Mead and Twentieth-Century Sociology 91

8 Why Read Mead Today? 116

Notes 126

Bibliography 141

Index 152