%0 Book %A Mary Jo Deegan %D 2006 %C New York, United States of America %I Peter Lang Verlag %T Play, School, and Society %B Edited and Introduced by Mary Jo Deegan %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1101958 %X «Play» is central to the ideas of George Herbert Mead and fundamental to the emergence of all social behavior. It is formative in the genesis of self-consciousness and a pathway connecting intersubjectivity and emotions. The child’s play calls out the parental attitude, and this relationship becomes a model for the community and society. Mead’s ideas emerged from an interacting circle of scholars and activists in Chicago including John Dewey, Jane Addams, and Mary McDowell. %K Teaching, Education, Learning, Emotion, Community, Social behavior, Intersubjectivity %G English