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The Self, George Herbert Mead
Manage episode 121495031 series 107989
Why does following social norms so often feel natural? And how is it that so many different people stay in line even without authoritarian controls? In this episode we’re going micro with George Herbert Mead’s concept of the self. I look at how we internalize the ideas, norms, and values of society so that who we are is inseparable from our social world. I apply Mead’s concept of the self to mechanisms of social control and talk about how it may help us make decisions in our personal life.
Listen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271472177/Episode%2011.mp3
Further Reading
In his own words. Read Mead’s article laying out his theory of the self.
Read about Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner, from Wikipedia. For a more in-depth review of Stroessner’s regime, see this article in Foreign Affairs.
10 episodes
Manage episode 121495031 series 107989
Why does following social norms so often feel natural? And how is it that so many different people stay in line even without authoritarian controls? In this episode we’re going micro with George Herbert Mead’s concept of the self. I look at how we internalize the ideas, norms, and values of society so that who we are is inseparable from our social world. I apply Mead’s concept of the self to mechanisms of social control and talk about how it may help us make decisions in our personal life.
Listen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/271472177/Episode%2011.mp3
Further Reading
In his own words. Read Mead’s article laying out his theory of the self.
Read about Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner, from Wikipedia. For a more in-depth review of Stroessner’s regime, see this article in Foreign Affairs.
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