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Becoming Other: From Social Interaction to Self-Reflection (Hc)
Contributor(s): Gillespie, Alex (Author)

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 ISBN: 1593112319     ISBN-13: 9781593112318
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
OUR PRICE: $94.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2006
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Psychology
- Education | Higher
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 306.481
LCCN: 2006019758
Series: Advances in Cultural Psychology
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.34 lbs) 308 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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This book presents a rigorous empirical exploration of the ideas of George Herbert Mead. While Mead's work has been highly influential, there are few empirical studies that instantiate his conception of mind, self and society. Beginning with a novel interpretation of Mead's theory, the book argues that Mead's core problematic is the explanation of self-reflection. What is interesting about the theory is that it provides a precise account of how self-reflection is rooted in institutionalised patterns of social interaction. The empirical part of the book utilises Mead's theory to conceptualise social interaction between tourists and locals in a remote part of northern India. The analysis details the intricate ways in which both tourists and locals come to reflect upon themselves from each others' perspectives. Tourists worry about appearing ignorant and wealthy in the eyes of locals, and locals wonder why they are the object of so many tourists' photographs. The promise of the book is to explicate exactly how this integration of perspectives arises.
 
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