Experiencing identity

Author(s)

• Craib, Ian

Bibliographic Information

Experiencing identity

Ian Craib

SAGE, 1998

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-186) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

`I recommend this book to all readers interested in thinking about the self; I am sure that anyone who reads it will come away with some new ideas' - Therapeutic Communities This critical and comprehensive examination of the relation of theory and identity discusses definitions of identity in classical social theory, modern social theory and psychoanalysis. The introduction is a critique of existing sociological accounts of identity, arguing that these are incurably cognitive, treating the people that they study as incapable of experiencing an internal life or internal space. The book then considers the implications of this in social theory and human practice.

Table of Contents

Introduction Sociology and Identity PART ONE: IDENTITY, EXPERIENCE AND POLITICS Lukacs Experience, Identity and Philosophy The Politics of Experience Psychoanalysis, Experience and Politics The Problem of Ambivalence PART TWO: IDENTITY, EXPERIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY Back to Utopia Giddens and Modern Social Theory Goffman Frame Analysis Masculinity and Male Dominance The Sociology of the Emotions Sociological Literature and Literary Sociology Some Notes on John Berger's G PART THREE: IDENTITY, EXPERIENCE AND PSYCHOANALYSIS Freud and Philosophy The Psychodynamics of Theory What's Happening to Mourning? Conclusion Experiencing Identity

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Details

• NCID: BA37538470
• ISBN:
  • 0803976917
  • 0803976925
• LCCN: 98060588
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 190 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 301
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Experience
  • LCSH : Identity (Psychology)