Article ID: CBB000932848

Influence and Canonical Supremacy: An Analysis of How George Herbert Mead Demoted Charles Horton Cooley in the Sociological Canon (2009)

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This analysis assesses the factors underlying Charles Horton Cooley's place in the sociological canon as they relate to George Herbert Mead's puzzling diatribe - echoed in secondary accounts - against Cooley's social psychology and view of the self published scarcely a year after his death. The illocutionary act of publishing his critique stands as an effort to project the image of Mead's intellectual self and enhance his standing among sociologists within and outside the orbit of the University of Chicago. It expressed Mead's ambivalence toward his precursor Cooley, whose influence he never fully acknowledged. In addition, it typifies the contending fractal distinctions of the scientifically discursive versus literary styles of Mead and Cooley, who both founded the interpretive sociological tradition. The contrasting styles and attitudes toward writing of the two figures are discussed, and their implications for the problems of scale that have stymied the symbolic interactionist tradition are explored.

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Authors & Contributors
Deegan, Mary Jo
Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Daniel R. Huebner
Swanson, Gillian
Smith, Richard Lee
Smith, Anthony Woodruff
Concepts
Sociology
Social psychology
Psychology
African Americans and science
Academic disciplines
Philosophy
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Chicago (Illinois, U.S.)
Great Britain
Institutions
University of Chicago
American Sociological Association
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