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In this paper we intend to make explicit the double meaning that the concept of recognition presents in the psychosocial theory of the self that G. H. Mead exposes in his fundamental text Mind, Self and Society (1962). The underlying thesis is that this distinction points, in turn, to a double form of realization of the individual, thanks to which he becomes a subject recognized as a bearer of rights in the whole of the community to which he belongs (socialization ), and as an individual owner of a peculiarity or functional superiority that is recognized in the process of relating to others (individuation). A final conclusion reveals the model of society that underlies this distinction in Mead's approach.