Human Nature and the Social Order

by Charles Horton Cooley, Philip Rieff (Introduction), George Herbert Mead (Foreword)

This work remains a pioneer sociological treatise on American culture. By understanding the individual not as the product of society but as its mirror image, Cooley concludes that the social order cannot be imposed from outside human nature but that it arises from the self. Cooley stimulated pedagogical inquiry into the dynamics of society with the publication of Human Nature and the Social Order in 1902. Human Nature and the Social Order is something more than an admirable ethical treatise. It is also a classic work on the process of social communication as the "very stuff" of which the self is made.

Genres: Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Social Science, Nonfiction

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Jakov · Rating 3 out of 5]

okej je knjiga... objašnjava prirodu čovjeka i iznosi zaključak o tome kako su primarne društvene grupe temelj društva po sebi (doduše navodi ekstremno rasistične primjere za svoju tezu... L za Cooleya)

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating thoughts on the degree to which human minds don't really exist as separate silos but rather interpenetrate each other and rely on each other for their own existence. Enjoyable to the extent to which you can ignore the fact that he thinks adult white males are the only beings with full minds (pub. 1902).

[さやか むらさと · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cooley know his stuff. I stumbled upon him by accident in college, thanks to some really nice exchange professor - I wish I could have read it much earlier.

[Melissa]

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