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The Discovery of the Invisible World: Simmel, Cooley, and Mead
The Discovery of Society

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SIMMEL

The Dead Sociologists' Society: Simmel
The Simmel section of this website provides a biographical sketch, a summary of Simmel's key ideas, and links to some of Simmel's well-known essays.
( http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/INDEX.HTML#simmel )
Georg Simmel Online
An extensive website maintained by "Sociology in Switzerland." Much on this site is written in German, although there are English biographical materials, a Simmel search engine, and translations of five of Simmel's most important essays, including How is Society Possible?; The Metropolis and Mental Life; and The Stranger.
( http://socio.ch/sim/index_sim.htm )
Introduction to George Simmel
This is an intellectual biography and a concise introduction to Simmel's ideas.
( http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/soc_essays/SimmelEssay.htm )
COOLEY

The Dead Sociologists' Society: Cooley
The Cooley section of this website provides a biographical sketch, a summary of his key ideas, and links to Cooley's discussions of "the looking-glass self" and primary groups.
( http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/INDEX.HTML#cooley )
Cooley's "The Looking-glass Self"
This site provides a copy of Cooley's chapter entitled "The Looking-glass Self" from his work Human Nature and the Social Order.
( http://wizard.ucr.edu/~bkaplan/soc/lib/coollkgl.html )
MEAD

The Dead Sociologists' Society: George Herbert Mead
The Mead section of this website provides a biographical sketch, a summary of his key ideas, and an excerpt from his work Mind, Self, and Society.
( http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/Mead/MEADWRK.HTML )
George Herbert Mead
Find out more about Mead's concepts of the social act, the generalized other, the play stage, the game stage, and significant symbols by clicking on the appropriate boxes featured on this website.
( http://home.att.net/~cscavileer/Mead.html )
The Mead Project: Foundational Documents in Sociological Social Psychology
This site is devoted to providing on-line access to Mead's original publications. It provides links to 116 of Mead's published articles, as well as links to 78 unpublished articles. It also provides timelines of Mead's life and career, as well as extensive materials on Cooley, Dewey, James, Baldwin, Thomas, and others.
( http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/%7Elward/ )
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: George Herbert Mead
This on-line encyclopedia entry describes Mead's significance for philosophy, sociology, and psychology. The site includes descriptions of Mead's life and writings, as well as summaries of his theoretical work on society, self, temporality, perception, and history.
( http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/mead.htm )