A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Vieira, Mónica Brito
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/24782
Resumo: Founding fathers and classic texts are the main protagonists of a certain way of viewing the history, and of thereby defining the identity, of different disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. However, the relationship between authors, texts and authorial-textual achievement is arguably a complex one, and it has produced a vast literature and heated debates over the last few decades. It is by achieving a classical standing that a text contributes to an author’s canonization as one of the discipline’s greats. But despite the agentic and individualistic connotations of the “author” concept, it is not always possible to trace exemplary texts back to a determinate author, who can be posited as their source. Texts can become classics in their own right, even when their authorship is loosely collective, doubtful or unknown. There can be, so to speak, a relative autonomy of texts regarding authors. Sometimes this results in equivocal situations and phony performances. Just consider the recent faux pas of India’s foreign minister, S.M. Krishna, who inadvertently read out the speech of the Portuguese foreign minister at a UN Security Council meeting. But the relative autonomy of texts vis-à-vis their purported sources does not only produce embarrassing political situations like the one described. It can, and often does, raise serious scholarly questions. It is one such case we discuss in this chapter. The text is Mind, Self, and Society, and the author is George Herbert Mead.
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spelling A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and SocietyMead, George Herbert, 1863-1931PragmatismSocial theorySelfBook historyFounding fathers and classic texts are the main protagonists of a certain way of viewing the history, and of thereby defining the identity, of different disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. However, the relationship between authors, texts and authorial-textual achievement is arguably a complex one, and it has produced a vast literature and heated debates over the last few decades. It is by achieving a classical standing that a text contributes to an author’s canonization as one of the discipline’s greats. But despite the agentic and individualistic connotations of the “author” concept, it is not always possible to trace exemplary texts back to a determinate author, who can be posited as their source. Texts can become classics in their own right, even when their authorship is loosely collective, doubtful or unknown. There can be, so to speak, a relative autonomy of texts regarding authors. Sometimes this results in equivocal situations and phony performances. Just consider the recent faux pas of India’s foreign minister, S.M. Krishna, who inadvertently read out the speech of the Portuguese foreign minister at a UN Security Council meeting. But the relative autonomy of texts vis-à-vis their purported sources does not only produce embarrassing political situations like the one described. It can, and often does, raise serious scholarly questions. It is one such case we discuss in this chapter. The text is Mind, Self, and Society, and the author is George Herbert Mead.Leverhulme-British Academy.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaSilva, Filipe Carreira daVieira, Mónica Brito2017-09-28T00:30:13Z2016-09-282016-09-28T00:00:00Zbook partinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/24782engSilva, F. C. da, Vieira, M. B. (2016). A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society. InThe Politics of the Book. Manuscript submitted for publication at Penn State University Pressinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-11-20T17:30:18Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/24782Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-11-20T17:30:18Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society
spellingShingle A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society
Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Mead, George Herbert, 1863-1931
Pragmatism
Social theory
Self
Book history
title_short A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society
title_full A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society
title_fullStr A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society
title_full_unstemmed A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society
title_sort A Classic with no Author. G.H. Mead’s Mind, Self, and Society
author Silva, Filipe Carreira da
author_facet Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Vieira, Mónica Brito
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author2 Vieira, Mónica Brito
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Vieira, Mónica Brito
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mead, George Herbert, 1863-1931
Pragmatism
Social theory
Self
Book history
topic Mead, George Herbert, 1863-1931
Pragmatism
Social theory
Self
Book history
description Founding fathers and classic texts are the main protagonists of a certain way of viewing the history, and of thereby defining the identity, of different disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. However, the relationship between authors, texts and authorial-textual achievement is arguably a complex one, and it has produced a vast literature and heated debates over the last few decades. It is by achieving a classical standing that a text contributes to an author’s canonization as one of the discipline’s greats. But despite the agentic and individualistic connotations of the “author” concept, it is not always possible to trace exemplary texts back to a determinate author, who can be posited as their source. Texts can become classics in their own right, even when their authorship is loosely collective, doubtful or unknown. There can be, so to speak, a relative autonomy of texts regarding authors. Sometimes this results in equivocal situations and phony performances. Just consider the recent faux pas of India’s foreign minister, S.M. Krishna, who inadvertently read out the speech of the Portuguese foreign minister at a UN Security Council meeting. But the relative autonomy of texts vis-à-vis their purported sources does not only produce embarrassing political situations like the one described. It can, and often does, raise serious scholarly questions. It is one such case we discuss in this chapter. The text is Mind, Self, and Society, and the author is George Herbert Mead.
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