Internet Exercises

Exercise 1

Go to http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~lward/mead/pubs2/mindself/Mead_1934_36.html. Read Chapter 36 ("Democracy and Universality in Society") from Mead's Mind, Self and Society, and then answer the following questions:

a. What are the two ways in which universality expresses itself in a human society?
b. What variable is essential for the development of a universal community?
c. How is the attitude of the self different from the attitude of the mind?
d. How does Mead define democracy? Relate this definition to Mead's concept of the generalized other.

Exercise 2

Go to http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/Mead/MEADP2.HTML. Read about Mead's experiences at the University of Chicago and answer the following questions:

a. Name some of the scholars with whom Mead worked during his tenure at the University of Chicago.

b. Did Mead prefer to write down his ideas on social reform or to talk about them?

c. What was Mead's most popular course at the University of Chicago?

d. How did Mead characterize his own life near the time of his death?