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The ‘Semiotic Self’: From Peirce and Mead to Wiley and Singer

Abstract  

Norbert Wiley (1994) provides a synthesis of Peirce’s and Mead’s views on the self. The Peirce-Mead ideal type model of the self involves the
I and the me as well as the I and the you. Hence, at each moment we are a combined “me-I-you” in past, present and future.
Milton Singer (1989) discovers the semiotic self through his anthropological research, but does not apply the concept as rigorously as one might
hope. Peirce’s triadic epistemology and Pragmatism is explored to frame his contribution to the semiotic self. His categories
of Firstness, Secondnes and Thirdness are briefly considered. Some anecdotal information about the self in Indic Civilization
is discussed. It is argued that the INSOR model can be useful. The key is to move beyond Cartesian notions and to see the
semotic self as a “semiotic object,” always subject to interpretation by the person engaged in symbolic interaction and exchange.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Pages 187-206
  • DOI 10.1007/s12108-011-9140-3
  • Authors
    • J. I. (Hans) Bakker, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
    • Journal The American Sociologist
    • Online ISSN 1936-4784
    • Print ISSN 0003-1232
    • Journal Volume Volume 42
    • Journal Issue Volume 42, Numbers 2-3
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 07/24/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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