From Mead to a Structural Symbolic Interactionism and Beyond

Stryker, Sheldon

doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134649

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From Mead to a Structural Symbolic Interactionism and Beyond

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Stryker, Sheldon·2008·Annual Review of Sociology

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This review discusses the continuing value of and problems in G.H. Mead's contributions to sociology from the standpoint of the contemporary discipline. It argues that the value is considerable and the problems largely avoidable with modifications to Mead's framework; it also offers necessary modifications via structural symbolic interactionism. Permitting the development of testable theories such as identity theory is a major criterion in evaluating a frame, and capacity to bridge to other frames and theories inside and outside sociology is another. The review examines bridges from the structural symbolic interactionist frame and identity theory to other symbolic interactionist theories, to other social psychological frames and theories in sociology, to cognitive social psychology, and to structural sociology.

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Authors: Stryker, S.
Affiliations: Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Corresponding author: Stryker, Sheldon
Venue: Annual Review of Sociology
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 2008-08-01
Volume: 34
Issue: 1
Pages: 15-31
ISSN: 0360-0572 (ISSN-L)
1545-2115
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134649
OpenAlex: W2162743985
Cited by: 394
References: 85
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 14
FWCI: 4.70
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: Annual Review of Sociology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
Keywords: George Herbert Mead, identity theory, symbolic interactionism, cognitive social psychology, structural sociology, social psychology theory

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