Elaborate on Mead’s idea of the self.

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Ans: Mead’s idea of the self is also something that is not static or atomized, but is always socially engaged and in process (1934). To understand the process-self, Mead uses the terms “I” and “me.” The “me” is the socialized self: the more conventional, habitual part of the self that behaves according to internalized roles. The “I”, on the other hand, is the response to the “me”: this is the conscious, intentional aspect of the self that is free, indeterminate and creative. The “I” is always in the present moment, able to make choices about future thought and behavior. Mead’s process-self is thus conditioned—that is, socially influenced—but not determined. As such, it is always developing in relation to its social context.

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