Abstract

George Herbert Mead's symbolic interactionalism provides a social behaviorist theory of the origin of role-playing. Being a perspective which stresses the inherent theatricality of human interaction and of the human mind, it is therefore, in an indirect way, a theory of the psychosocial roots of drama. Where we find the origin of language, and the origin of the human self, there we find, as well, the origin of drama. Besides, Mead's concept of self-interaction resulting from internalized interaction is crucial for an adequate understanding of the generative process which gives rise to the complexity of the human mind.

The Origin of the Human Mind in Infant Dramatism

https://ssrn.com/abstract=3081625

10 Pages Posted: 7 Dec 2017  

Jose Angel Garcia Landa

Universidad de Zaragoza

Date Written: July 11, 2016

Keywords: George Herbert Mead, Dramatism, Social Psychology, Mind, Role-Playing, Internalization, Interactionism, Social Behaviorism, Drama, Self
Suggested Citation:

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, The Origin of the Human Mind in Infant Dramatism (July 11, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3081625

 

 

 

 

Una pequeña teoría sobre el origen y desarrollo del lenguaje

 

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