The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-Determination

In this pathbreaking book Mitchell Aboulafia considers the development of the sense of self by critically analyzing the philosophies of George Herbert Mead--an American pragmatist who argues that self-consciousness results from social interaction through language and symbol--and of Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist who maintains that consciousness is free to create the self. Building on their work, Aboulafia provides an original analysis of consciousness and self-determination.Mitchell Aboulafia is the author of 'The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-Determination' with ISBN 9780300035230 and ISBN 0300035233.