The Mediating Self
Subtitle: Mead, Sartre, and self-determination
By: Mitchell Aboulafia.
Edition: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Mead, George Herbert, 1863-1931.; Sartre, Jean Paul, 1905-; Free will and determinism  -- History -- 20th century.; Self (Philosophy) -- History -- 20th century.; Social psychology -- History -- 20th century.
Description: In this pathbreaking book Mitchell Aboulafia considers the development of the sense of self by critically analyzing the philosophies of George Herbert Mead--an American pragmatist who argues that self-consciousness results from social interaction through language and symbol--and of Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist who maintains that consciousness is free to create the self. Building on their work, Aboulafia provides an original analysis of consciousness and self-determination. -- Back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 127-131.
Includes index.