THEO 206 Final: 13635_Chapter4
11 Jun 2016
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Thus far we have considered the impact of capitalism, rationalization, and cultural diversity on society. While marx, weber, and durkheim have implicit theories con- cerning the person, we have yet to directly consider the individual in society. These are deceptively simple questions and ones that we usually don"t think much about, especially the last question. Yet these ques- tions become increasingly important as we move into contemporary social theory. We begin our consideration of self in society with george herbert mead and georg. Mead gives us a very clear theory about the mechanism or process through which the individual becomes a social being. Sociologists usually call this social- ization: the way in which socially formed norms, beliefs, and values come to exist within the individual to the degree that these things appear natural. You"ve probably come across the idea of socialization in many of your classes.
