G. H. Mead's intimations of dialogue and narrative in social becoming with others

Abstract

This essay registers the intimations of narrative and dialogue I perceive in G. H. Mead's account of social becoming developed in Mind, Self and Society (1934). I examine interrelationships of narrative and dialogic temporality and describe how dialogue and narrative activity potentially shape and reflect social responsibility, creativity, and imagination. I argue that the ongoing communicative achievement of social relationships can embody a dialogue of narratives and a narrative of dialogues (Rawlins, 2009).

Citation

Rawlins, W.K. (2010), "G. H. Mead's intimations of dialogue and narrative in social becoming with others", Denzin, N.K. (Ed.) Studies in Symbolic Interaction (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 35), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2010)0000035023