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Signifikant symbol som pregnant begrepp – en precisering, operationalisering och aktualisering: [Significant symbol as a pregnant concept – a specification, operationalization and actualization]
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences. University of Skövde, Digital Health Research (DHEAR). (Medborgarcentrerad hälsa (Mech))
2024 (Swedish)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 61, no 3-4, p. 253-276Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

Begreppet signifikant symbol är grundläggande i G. H. Meads sociologi/socialpsykologi. Medveten rationell intelligens förutsätter utveckling av symboler, i arten såväl som individen; symboler skapas i sociala situationer där individer framkallar liknande responser hos alla deltagare. Men symbolbegreppet är oklart avgränsat av Mead. Artikelns bidrag: en preciserad analys av symbolens uppkomst i bio-social evolution; en utveckling och precisering av Meads symbolbegrepp; påvisande av den radikalt kritiska potentialen i Meads tes om vokala gesters transformation till symboler. Begreppsparen likhet/olikhet, närhet/distans utvecklas. De appliceras på dimensionerna rum/tid. Dessa sex är nödvändiga för symbolers utveckling ur primitiva gester. Argumentationen bygger på Meads tes om gester som påverkar sändare och mottagare på liknande sätt. Symboler har socialt ursprung, med fysiologin som förutsättning. Konsekvenserna är omfattande för analysen av kommunikation och intelligensutveckling, även digitalisering och medikalisering av mänskliga relationer. I beteendevetenskapen blir symboliserande socialitet förutsättning för sociologin och merparten av psykologin. Socialpsykologin blir grunden för båda. Psykologiska frågor besvaras utifrån social helhet, inte tvärtom.

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The significant symbol is basic in G. H. Meads sociology/social psychology. Conscious rational intelligence presupposes development of symbols, in species as well as in individuals; symbols are created in social situations where individuals call forth similar responses in all participants. But the concept of significant symbol is not clearly defined by Mead. My contribution: a precise analysis of the emergence of the symbol in bio-social evolution; development and specification of Meads symbol-concept; demonstration of the radically critical potential in Mead’s thesis on vocal gestures’ transformation to symbols. The concepts similarity/difference, proximity/distance are developed and applied to the dimension’s space/time, all six necessary for symbols’ developing from primitive gestures. Argumentation builds on Meads thesis of gestures inf luencing sender and receiver in the same way. Symbols originate socially, physiology being a presupposition. Consequences embrace all communication and intelligence development, even digitalization and medicalization of human relations. In behavioral science symbolizing sociality becomes fundament for sociology and most psychology, social psychology the basis for both. Psycholo-gical questions are answered from social whole, not the other way.

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Sveriges Sociologförbund , 2024. Vol. 61, no 3-4, p. 253-276
Keywords [en]
vocal gesture, meaning, (significant) symbol, similarity/difference, proximity/distance, space/time, language, consciousness
Keywords [sv]
vokal gest, mening, (signifikant) symbol, likhet/olikhet, närhet/distans, rum/tid, språk, medvetande
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Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
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Research on Citizen Centered Health, University of Skövde (Reacch US)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-24817DOI: 10.37062/sf.61.20260ISI: 001382547400002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85213468303OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-24817DiVA, id: diva2:1924183
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