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The Social Psychology of Robert E. Park: Human Nature, Self, Personality and Social Structure
Author(s) -
Reitzes Donald C.,
Reitzes Dietrich C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
symbolic interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.874
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1533-8665
pISSN - 0195-6086
DOI - 10.1525/si.1993.16.1.39
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , social psychology , instinct , sociology , identity (music) , social identity theory , personality psychology , epistemology , social science , social group , aesthetics , ecology , philosophy , biology
Robert E. Park is widely recognized today for his contributions to urban sociology, race relations and collective behavior but his social psychology has been largely neglected. Park's inclusive and loose framework covered his interest in: (1) human nature and the bio‐physiological instincts which for him were raw materials of personality; (2) formulation of self concept as an organization of roles; and (3) micro‐macro linkages between individual and social structure. Each one of Park's three themes is still important for symbolic interaction theory and offers insights into contemporary investigations of emotions, role acquisition and identity.