In George Herbert Mead I recognize another guy whose brain was split open by CS Peirce.
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Mead has the benefit of being a guy whose ideas come across as profoundly pro-social, pro-humanity, pro-freedom. He's a kind of "have your cake and eat it too" thinker in that he thinks social dynamics and individual creativity are both outputs of the same process, and that this process is fundamentally rooted in the perennial human tradition of liking to be around each other and of preferring to figure out what complicated signs mean as a great big team.
In this way, Mead reminds me of Henry George, who is unique (IMHO) in political science for being a great dude. George was a capital-W "Wife Guy" who stuck with his true love through thick and thin. And George also had a surprising habit of becoming best friends with people! People who got into Georgism would reach out to George himself and would frequently discover that he was an extraordinarily good friend.
Remember what George's big slogan was? "I am for men!" Meaning, "Dudes rock!"