Updating Charles H. Cooley

This book explores the contemporary relevance of Charles H. Cooleys thought, bringing together scholars from the US, Europe and Australia to reflect on Cooleys theory and legacy. Offering an up-to-date analysis of Cooleys reception in the history of the social sciences, an examination of epistemological and methodological advances on his work, critical assessments and novel articulations of his major ideas, and a consideration of new directions in scholarship that draws on Cooleys thought, Updating Charles H. Cooley will appeal to sociologists with interests in social theory, interactionism, the history of sociology, social psychology, and the sociology of emotions.