000			01744 a2200217 4500
020			_a1593112300
020			_a9781593112301
082	0	4	_a306.481909546 _bGIB
100	1		_aGillespie, Alex _9179013
245	1	0	_aBecoming other _b: from social interaction to self-reflection _cAlex Gillespie
260			_aGreenwich: _bInformation Age Publishing, _c2006.
300			_axix, 286p.
500			_aPB
520			_aThis book presents a rigorous empirical exploration of the ideas of George Herbert Mead. While Mead's work has been highly influential, there are few empirical studies that instantiate his conception of mind, self and society. Beginning with a novel interpretation of Mead's theory, the book argues that Mead's core problematic is the explanation of self-reflection. What is interesting about the theory is that it provides a precise account of how self-reflection is rooted in institutionalised patterns of social interaction. The empirical part of the book utilises Mead's theory to conceptualise social interaction between tourists and locals in a remote part of northern India. The analysis details the intricate ways in which both tourists and locals come to reflect upon themselves from each others' perspectives. Tourists worry about appearing ignorant and wealthy in the eyes of locals, and locals wonder why they are the object of so many tourists' photographs. The promise of the book is to explicate exactly how this integration of perspectives arises.
546			_aEng
650		4	_aAcculturation-India-Ladakh _9179014
650		4	_aTourists India-Ladakhi Psychological aspects _9179015
650		4	_aLadakhi (South Asian people) _9136429
650		4	_aTourists India-Ladakhi Psychology _9179016
942			_cBK
999			_c108769 _d108769