Self, identity, and social institutions
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Self, identity, and social institutions
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-252) and indexes
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Description
This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual actualizes and sustains an integrated and stable self while navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of everyday institutional life.
Table of Contents
Cultural Theories of People Identities in Standard English Language and Social Institutions The Cultural Self The Self's Identities Theories of Identities and Selves Theories of Norms and Institutions Social Reality and Human Subjectivity
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