Social Theory Podcast Episode 5: George Herbert Mead feat. Darren Nixon

Social Theory Podcast

The focus of this episode is George Herbert Mead who has had a tremendous impact on sociology, psychology and philosophy.

See the end of this post for links to the episode.

I talk to Darren Nixon about Mead’s most famous contribution; his  conceptualisation of the self as as being comprised of two parts, “I”  and the “Me”. Mead’s great insight is that our “self” is not part of a  transcendent “spirit” or biologically predisposed but is a “social self”  that is produced through our interactions with others. As well as his  most famous insight we also discuss his contribution to broader social  and political thought in particular his analysis of the relationship  between our acceptance of our knowledge of the world and what is useful  to us. Darren and I consider what his insights might mean for some  contemporary issues including social media use and the increasing  acceptance of populist ideology.

Mead’s work is mostly not available open access but this introduction from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is good.

There is also a chapter by him in a collection on pragmatist philosophy available on Project Gutenberg .

It is usually possible to pick up his books quite cheaply second hand such as his Mind, Self & Society.

If you have access to a good library I highly recommend Ian Burkitt’s books Social Selves which has some excellent sections on Mead’s work.

Theme music is Wirklich Wichtig by Checkie Brown used on a Creative Commons license

Incidental music is Disco Stomp by Jonas78 used on a Creative Commons license

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