SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: George Herbert Mead, W. I. Thomas, Herbert Blumer
8 May 2016
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1892, dominant into the 1930"s: chicago school in the 20"s and 30"s. Charles horton cooley key concept: looking glass self. George herbert mead (bigger impact on symbolic interactionism over. Cooley) also interested in the self he was a philosopher, worked in the department of philosophy at the. Mead, and tried to keep his work going while structural functionalism was taking over. Mead & goffman"s work still very much influencing sociology at the micro level. Theoretical ideas of cooley: looking glass self three components to it, imagine how we appear to others could involve personality, intelligence. University (1887), specialized in psychology decided he wanted to do a phd at harvard, started the program but never finished it: university career. University of michigan accepted a position in 1891 as a lecturer, in both psychology and philosophy courses while there, he met john dewey, one of the best known american philosophers at the time, these two became life long friends.
