I MEAD, SOCIOLOGY, AND MODERNITY -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 MEAD AND THE MODERN PROBLEMATIC OF SELFHOOD -- 3 IMAGINING THE INTELLECTUAL EDIFICE -- 4 THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC -- II THE PILLAR OF SCIENCE -- 5 SCIENCE AS A PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITY -- 6 FROM THE LOGIC OF THE SCIENCES TO THE THEORY OF THE ACT -- 7 A SCIENTIFIC SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 8 A SCIENCE OF POLITICS AND MORALS -- III THE PILLAR OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 9 MEAD ON THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE SELF -- 10 EDUCATING THE SELF -- 11 MEAD ON SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: A STORY REWRITTEN -- 12 MEAD, HABERMAS, AND SOCIAL INDIVIDUATION -- IV THE PILLAR OF POLITICS -- 13 THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION -- 14 MEAD AND THE WAR -- 15 COMMUNICATIVE ETHICS AND DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY -- 16 CONCLUSIONS: PROVISIONAL ANSWERS TO INESCAPABLE QUESTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.