SOAN 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Chapter 27, Role Theory, Behaviorism
24 Feb 2016
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He is associated with the american pragmatic philosophical tradition. His work on the social self, i, and the me laid a foundation for modern american social psychology in the field of role theory and symbolic interaction. For him, the traditional division of nature into the mind on the one hand and the other known as physical is based on mistaken beliefs. He recognized that such extreme and defective views could not be properly applied in the study of humans in regards to their nature and actions. To overcome this dualism, he saw that the human constitutes of society as much as society contributes to him. In a dog-fight they are engaged in a conversation of gestures, though these gestures are not significant ones as they carry no meaning. The dogs interact with each other anticipating each others action reflectively. As for humans, these gestures play a relatively small part in the total of our interactions.
