George H. Mead, an American philosopher and sociologist, laid the groundwork for symbolic interactionism, a key theory in the field of sociology. His ideas on the social construction of selfhood and the role of language and communication in shaping human behavior continue to influence sociological thought to this day.

"Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order."



"To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up."



"The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self."



"In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves."



"Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience."



"Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member."

