220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
217 Pages
by
Routledge
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Identity and Social Change examines the thorny problem of modern identity. Trenchant critiques have come from identity politics, focusing on the construction of difference and the solidarity of minorities, and from academic deconstructions of modern subjectivity. This volume places identity in a broader sociological context of destabilizing and reintegrating forces. The contributors first... Read more
Introduction: Social Change and the Problem of Identity 1 Joseph E. Davis Part 1: The Changing Landscape 1. Tourists and Vagabonds: Or, Living in Postmodern Times Zygmunt Bauman 2. The Work of Postmodernity: The Laboring Body in Global Space David Harvey 3. Public Life, Information Technology, and the Global City: New Possibilities for Citizenship and Identity Formation Mike Featherstone 4. False Faces: Ethnic Identity, Authenticity, and Fraud in Native American Discourse and Politics Joane Nagel Part 2: Identity and Dissolution 5. Identity, Commodification, and Consumer Culture Robert G. Dunn 6. Technology, Self, and the Moral Project Kenneth J. Gergen 7. Not Dead Yet: Psychotherapy, Morality, and the Question of Identity Dissolution Joseph E. Davis 8. Deception and Despair: Ironic Self-Identity in Modern Society Harvie Ferguson Contributors Index
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Joseph E. Davis
