The Mediating Self

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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.

subjects: Free will and determinism,  History,  Self (Philosophy),  Social psychology,  Meditations,  Philosophy, modern,  Will,  Freedom of will,  Vrije wil,  Determinisme,  Sociale psychologie,  Sociale filosofie,  Libre arbitre et déterminisme,  Histoire,  Moi (Philosophie),  Psychologie sociale,  Selbstbewusstsein,  Mead, george herbert, 1863-1931

People: George Herbert Mead (1863-1931),  Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)

Times: 20th century