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'Identity' and 'selfhood' are terms used routinely throughout the human sciences that seek to analyze and describe the character of everyday life and experience. Yet these terms are seldom defined or used with any precision, and scant regard is paid to the historical and cultural context in which they arose or to which they are applied. This innovative book provides fresh historical insights in terms of the emergence, development, and interrelationship of specific and varied notions of identity and selfhood, and outlines a new sociological framework for analyzing. This is the first historical/sociological framework for discussion of issues which have till now, generally been treated as 'philosophy' or 'psychology', and as such it is essential reading for those undergraduates and postgraduates of sociology, philosophy and history and cultural studies interested in the concepts of identity and self. It covers a broader range of material than is usual in this style of text, and includes a survey of relevant literature and precise analysis of key concepts written in a student friendly style.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139780415355094
eBay Product ID (ePID)88574818
Product Key Features
Number of Pages214 Pages
Publication NameSelf-Identity and Everyday Life
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaFamily Sociology, Social Psychology
AuthorHarvie Ferguson
SeriesThe New Sociology
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight340 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorHarvie Ferguson