HLTHAGE 2BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: George Herbert Mead, Herbert Blumer, Symbolic Interactionism
26 Sep 2017
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Roots: max weber (1864-1920, although a "macrosociologist" like durkheim and marx, max weber developed a concept that influenced the development of symbolic interactionism, verstehen: understanding in german. Symbolic interactionism - micro: micro vs macro approach, highlights the ways in which meanings are created, constructed, mediated and changed by members of a group/society. The self: i: the impulsive individual response to a stimulus [me acting] - impulsive, me: taking on the perspective of the generalized other [me thinking about others then acting] - considerate self. Agents of socialization: agents of socialization individuals, groups and social institutions four primary agents of socialization, gender roles. We become social beings though socialization: develop the ability to see ourselves as others might in any situation, gain a sense of "self" through the cues we receive from others, the looking glass self. Herbert blumer (1900-1987: american sociologist, he named the perspective symbolic interactionism, he taught at the university of chicago - chicago school of symbolic interaction.
