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On self and social organization

Charles Horton Cooley ; edited and with an introduction by Hans-Joachim Schubert

(The heritage of sociology)

London : University of Chicago Press, 1998

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references

Includes index

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Volume

: hardcover ISBN 9780226115085

Description

It is almost impossible now to imagine the prestigious position Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) held within the founding generation of American sociologists. His seminal work on human communication, social organization, and public opinion stimulated and guided much of early American sociological thought. Cooley's work relating self and community is now more relevant than ever to the problems of understanding and directing modern democratic societies. Cooley applied the ideas of pragmatism to developing a systematic way of approaching social action, social change, and social order; he used these interrelated theories to analyze the social problems and cultural crises of the age. According to Cooley, social change is a fragile, interactive process that, due to constantly arising problems of action, requires ongoing scrutiny by the public. This collection of Cooley's work is a contribution not only to the history of ideas - especially to the origin of modern sociological theory - but also to the late-1990s public debate on civil society, community, and democracy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Early Writings Transcendentalism 1: Some Teachings of Emerson 2: On Autobiographies Theory of Transportation 3: Transportation and Organized Society - General 4: Transportation and Economic Organization Darwinism 5: The Process of Social Change Part II: The Foundations of Cooley's Sociology and Social Psychology The Plasticity of Human Nature 6: Heredity and Instinct in Human Life Communication and Understanding 7: Sympathy or Understanding as an Aspect of Society 8: The Significance of Communication 9: The Roots of Social Knowledge Individual and Society 10: Society and the Individual 11: Social and Individual Aspects of Mind 12: Particularism versus the Organic View Part III: The Self, Social Order, and Social Change The Looking-Glass Self 13: The Social Self - the Meaning of "I" Social Order and Democracy 14: Primary Groups 15: The Theory of Public Opinion 16: Democracy and Distinction 17: Open Classes Social Change and the Pragmatic Method 18: The Tentative Method 19: Intelligence in Social Function 20: Social Science 21: The Tentative Character of Progress 22: A Primary Culture for Democracy Index of Names Subject Index
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780226115092

Description

It is almost impossible now to imagine the prestigious position Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) held within the founding generation of American sociologists. His seminal work on human communication, social organization, and public opinion stimulated and guided much of early American sociological thought. Cooley's work relating self and community is now more relevant than ever to the problems of understanding and directing modern democratic societies. Cooley applied the ideas of pragmatism to developing a systematic way of approaching social action, social change, and social order; he used these interrelated theories to analyze the social problems and cultural crises of the age. According to Cooley, social change is a fragile, interactive process that, due to constantly arising problems of action, requires ongoing scrutiny by the public. This collection of Cooley's work is a contribution not only to the history of ideas - especially to the origin of modern sociological theory - but also to the late-1990s public debate on civil society, community, and democracy.

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