Social Identity - Rilegato

Jenkins, Richard

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0415340969 ISBN 13: 9780415340960

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2004

Riassunto

Without social identity there is no human world. Without frameworks of similarity and difference, people would be unable to relate to each other in a consistent and meaningful fashion. In the second edition of this highly successful text, Richard Jenkins develops his argument that identity is both individual and collective, and should therefore be considered within one analytic framework. Using the work of major social theorists, such as Mead Goffman and Barthes, to explore the experience of identity in everyday life, Jenkins considers a range of different issues, including:

• embodiment
• categorization and boundaries
• the institutionalizing of identities
• identity and modernity.

Written in an open and student-friendly style throughout, this multidisciplinary text has been thoroughly revised and updated, and is essential reading for all students interested in the concept of identity in the contemporary world.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Richard Jenkins is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield and the author of numerous books including Pierre Bourdieu (Routledge 1992).

Contenuti:

Acknowledgements  1. Knowing Who's Who  2. A Sign of the Times?  3. Understanding Identification  4. Selfhood and Mind  5. Embodied Selves  6. Entering the Human World  7. Self-Image and Public Image  8. Groups and Categories  9. Beyond Boundaries  10. Symbolising Belonging  11. Predictability  12. Institutionalizing Identification  13. Organizing Identification 1 4. Categorization and Consequences  15. Why Identity Matters in the Modern World.  Notes.  Bibliography

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0415340969
• ISBN 13: 9780415340960
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 232