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The social self

edited by David Bakhurst and Christine Sypnowich

(Inquiries in social construction)

Sage Publications, 1995

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Description

Much discussion in recent years has centred on the status of the self, identity and subjectivity in the light of powerful arguments about the social origins of personhood. The Social Self presents many dimensions of the debate, spanning psychology, philosophy, politics and feminist theory, and provides a critical overview of the key themes involved. The internationally renowned contributors examine the senses in which we are `social selves' whose very identities are intimately bound up with the communities and cultures in which we live. Drawing on Wittgenstein, Marx, Foucault, Bakhtin, Gilligan and MacIntyre, among others, the chapters show the diversity of influences that have shaped this exciting and controversial issue.

Table of Contents

Introduction - David Bakhurst and Christine Sypnowich Problems of the Social Self Meaning and Self in Cultural Perspective - Jerome Bruner Wittgenstein and Social Being - David Bakhurst What a Vygotskian Perspective Can Contribute to Contemporary Philosophy of Language - Ellen Watson The Soviet Self - Felix Mikhailov A Personal Reminiscence Death in Utopia - Christine Sypnowich Marxism and the Mortal Self The Social Self in Political Theory - Stephen Mulhall and Adam Swift The Communitarian Critique of the Liberal Subject The Gendered Self - Diana Coole Becoming Women/Women Becoming - Helene Keyssar Film and the Social Construction of Gender Why Multiple Personality Tells Us Nothing about the Self/Mind/Person/Subject/Soul/Consciousness - Ian Hacking

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  • NCID
    BA26499490
  • ISBN
    • 0803975961
    • 080397597X
  • LCCN
    95078829
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 184 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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