2nd Edition

Mirrors and Masks The Search for Identity

By Anselm L. Strauss Copyright 1997
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

Identity as a concept is as elusive as everyone's sense of his own personal identity. It is connected with appraisals made by oneself and by others. Each person sees himself mirrored in the judgments of others. The masks he presents to the world are fashioned upon his anticipations of judgments. In Mirrors and Masks, Anselm Strauss uses the notion of identity to organize materials and thoughts... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, I. Language and Identity, II. Self-Appraisals and the Course of Action, III. Interaction, IV. Transformations of Identity, V. Change and Continuity, VI. Membership and History, VII. A Concluding Note, Notes

Biography

Anselm L. Strauss