num_pages: 160
description: The author considers the development of the sense of self by critically analyzing the philosophies of George Herbert Mead - who argues that self-consciousness results from social interaction through language and symbol - and Sartre, who maintains that consciousness is free to create the self.
language: English
title: The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-Determination
titlecomplete: The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-Determination
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Yale University Press