George Herbert Mead (1863–1931) was an American philosopher, sociologist and psychologist, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago, where he was one of several distinguished pragmatists. He is regarded as one of the founders of social psychology and the American sociological tradition in general.
Read more about George Herbert Mead: Biography, Writings, Pragmatism and Symbolic Interaction, Social Philosophy (behaviorism), Nature of The Self, Philosophy of Science, Play and Game and The Generalized Other
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“Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we’ve put it in an impossible situation.”
—Margaret Mead (1901–1978)