George Herbert Mead on Intelligent Social Reconstruction

Bibliographic Data

ID2480755
AuthorsJames Campbell (0000-0003-2565-1427), Jim Campbell (0000-0002-2702-1122, University of Kentucky, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume4
Issue2
Pages191-205
Publication date1981-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/si.1981.4.2.191
OpenAlexW2051178074
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

Many thinkers have discussed the possibility of intelligent social reconstruction; but few have examined the nature of such reconstruction as closely as did George Herbert Mead. This paper explores Mead's analysis through his understanding of human nature and intelligence, his discussion of value conflicts and the possibility of their resolution by means of the community, and his recognition of the need for popular commitment as a necessary condition for any wide-spread success. While pointing to certain problems with his position, this paper concludes that there is a basic soundness to Mead's approach

Epistemology · Sociology · Soundness · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Artificial Intelligence