Self, war, and society
Subtitle: George Herbert Mead's macrosociology
By: Mary Jo Deegan.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780765803924
Subjects: Mead, George Herbert, -- 1863-1931; Macrosociology; World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects; Social psychology -- United states -- History
Description: "George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) is a central founder of the field of sociology. Mead's theory of war, peace, and society emerged out of the historical events of his time, particularly World War I. During this time Mead went from being a pacifist, along with his contemporaries John Dewey and Jane Addams, to being a strong advocate for war. During America's participation in World War I, from 1917-1918, Mead became a public and intellectual leader on the need for war based on his theory of self and society. After the war, he became disillusioned with President Woodrow Wilson, Americans' failure to support mechanisms for international arbitration, and the political reasons for American participation in World War I. Mead also returned to a more pacifist and co-operative model of behavior during the 1920s, he became less political, more abstract, and more withdrawn from public debates than he was prior to the conflict. The book includes Deegan's interpretation of Mead's early social thought, his friendship and family networks, the historical context of America at war, and the importance of analysis of violence and the state from Mead's perspective. Deegan also provides illustrative selections from Mead's work, much of which was previously unpublished."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: George Herbert Mead on self, war, and society: the genesis of the international; title: Self and a world community; title: The concepts of self, war, and society; title: Mead's writings before America entered World War I; title: Mead's international pacifism before the war; title: Reading 3A. Review of the newer ideals of peace by Jane Addams; title: Reading 3B. Natural rights and the theory of the political institution; title: Reading 3C. The psychological bases of internationalism; title: Mead's published writings after America entered World War I; title: Articles in Chicago newspapers during the heat of the war: the public citizen; title: As expert, 1915-1918; title: Reading 4A. Germany's crisis - its effect on labor - Part I; title: Reading 4B. Germany's crisis - its effect on labor - Part II; title: Reading 4C. War issue to U. S. forced by Kaiser; title: Reading 4D. America's ideals and the war; title: Reading 4E. Democracy's issues in the World War; title: Academic publications during wartime: academic citizenship; title: Reading 5A. The conscientious objector; title: Reading 5B. Camouflage of the conscientious objector; title: Reading 5C. Review of the nature of peace and the terms of its perpetuation by Thorstein Veblen; title: Reading 5D. The psychology of punitive justice; title: Reading 5E. Social work, standards of living and the war; title: Mead's unpublished writings after America entered World War I: Teaching his formal ideas on war and peace; title: Unpublished lectures during wartime: the intellectual background; title: Reading 6A. Immanuel Kant on peace and democracy; title: Reading 6B. The government of the state and war; title: Reading 6C. Germany versus international life; title: Unpublished lectures during wartime: labor and war; title: Reading 7A. Socialism and the war; title: Reading 7B. What are the specific interests of labor in the war?; title: Reading 7C. The failure of liberal institutions in England and America; title: Unpublished lectures during wartime: citizenship, the self, peace, and war; title: Reading 8A. How can a sense of citizenship be secured?; title: Reading 8B. The completely definite attitude of a fighting power at war; title: Reading 8C. Psychology and the moral conduct of war; title: Reading 8D. The rising tide of nationalism; title: Reading 8E. The changing attitude toward militarism; title: The Chicago City Club and Mead's writings during and immediately post-World War I; title: War, Mead's leadership in the Chicago City Club, and public citizenship; title: Reading 9A. President Mead's message to members; title: Readings 9B. The Mead and Senator Medill McCormick debate; title: Mead's telegram to McCormick; title: Mccormick tells why he opposes World League; title: Mead answers McCormick as to Nations League; title: The lodge resolution and the league; title: Reading 9C. Retiring president's address; title: Mead's writings on war, post-World War I; title: Mead's return to co-operative social thought and increasing abstraction post- World War I; title: Reading 10A. Hhumanity, happiness, and the moral order of the universe; title: Reading 10B. The estime in which Germans will be held after the War; title: Reading 10C. Review of thoughts of a psychiatrist on the war and after by William A. White; title: Reading 10D. National-mindedness and international mindedness.