Abstract
This review critically appraises the newest edition of George Herbert Mead’s classic Mind, Self, and Society, edited by Hans Joas and Daniel Huebner and recently translated to Portuguese and published in Brazil. The analysis of its main ideas contextualizes the social psychology the book systematizes in Mead’s thought and in the conceptual universe of pragmatism, with special reference to the influence Mead received from James and Dewey. This is followed by a discussion on the editorial problems surrounding the volume and its original editor, Charles W. Morris, and reference is made to the contemporary debate on the book’s legitimacy within Mead’s body of work. It is concluded that this newest edition contributes for the adoption of an approach more aligned to Mead’s theoretical standpoint in order to reflect on his own production.
Keywords
George Herbert Mead; intersubjectivity; pragmatismo; self; Chicago School