Recent representations of George Mead's view of society have opposed it to the dominant view by emphasizing its dynamic aspect at the expense of the inertia to which Mead also gave full recognition. He saw that inertia exercised through culture. Without using the term, culture, Mead recognized its force in the notion of sociality, as well as in a whole complex of other interrelated concepts. In addition, Mead represented social evolution as a cultural development, viz., a growing universalism in the institutions. Finally, as further evidence that Mead should not be set apart from the mainstream, it is shown that his position does not require a special methodology.