The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-Determination

by Mitchell Aboulafia

The author considers the development of the sense of self by critically analyzing the philosophies of George Herbert Mead - who argues that self-consciousness results from social interaction through language and symbol - and Sartre, who maintains that consciousness is free to create the self.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986