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Abstract: Mead And Social Reform. Mead was active in the founding and functioning of the Experimental School of the University of Chicago where the new principle of progressive education was being applied. He was also interested in legal issues and the application of governmental reform and would often write caustic articles requiring the development of social institutions, criminal justice and the true meaning of "philanthropy". The most interesting aspects of Mead’s involvements in the real problems of his community are probably his efforts with the City Club of Chicago, pursuing an improvement of town governance. As an illustration of pragmatism’s blurring the edges between thinking and action, Mead was just as active as a concerned citizen as he was as a philosopher. In good pragmatist, he suggested a scientific method in the solving of the conflict between social and moral conflicts, a method closely related to "streetwise science". Mead was a too sophisticated observer of social realities to suggest an authoritarian approach to morality issues.Paradoxically, Mead’s social pragmatism is not explicit in his writings - besides, the latter are not easy to read and their true meaning is much too often obscure. This, of course, is the sign of a profound intelligence. Moreover, a reader who can move beyond the difficult writing style, will pleasantly discover a new and refreshing approach to the most difficult psychology and philosophy problems. |
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