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Charles Horton Cooley | |
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![]() Cooley from 1902 Michiganensian | |
Born | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | August 17, 1864
Died | May 7, 1929 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 65)
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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Elsie Cooley (m. 1890) |
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Academic career | |
Discipline | Sociology |
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Institutions | University of Michigan |
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Notable ideas | Looking-glass self |
Thesis | The Theory of Transportation (1894) |
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Influenced | Harry Stack Sullivan |
Charles Horton Cooley (August 17, 1864 – May 7, 1929) was an American sociologist.[1] He was the son of Michigan Supreme Court Judge Thomas M. Cooley. He studied and went on to teach economics and sociology at the University of Michigan.
He was a founding member of the American Sociological Association in 1905 and became its eighth president in 1918. He is perhaps best known for his concept of the looking-glass self, which is the concept that a person's self grows out of society's interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others.