ISBN:
9780805837957
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (263 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture : A Social Psychological Synthesis
DDC:
155.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The goal of Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to human striving (agency) and social organization (culture). James E. Côté and Charles G. Levine have compiled state-of-the-art psychological and sociological theory and research into a concise synthesis. This volume utilizes a vast, interdisciplinary literature in a reader-friendly style. Playing the role of narrators, the authors take readers thr
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; PART I: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF APPROACHES TO SELF AND IDENTITY; PART II: A RETURN TO A FORMAL THEORY OF EGO IDENTITY FORMATION; PART III: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ELABORATIONS FOR A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF IDENTITY IN LATE MODERNITY; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index
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Description based upon print version of record
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