1. Introduction: the negation of the self Part one 2. Everyday life and reality 3. Privatisation and fragmentation Part two 4. The biographical self 5. Identity and illusion 6. A concrete humanism? 7. Addendum: Private readings and the dictatorship of the script
Biography
Arthur Brittan, at the time of the first publication, was Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York. He is the author of Meanings and Situations (1973).
Review of the first publication:
“Brittan has produced a conceptually stimulating, useful discussion of important strains in contemporary social theory. He is particularly careful in acknowledging the epistemological liabilities of microsociology, and he demonstrates an impressive command of the literature in both sociological theory and social philosophy.”
— C. Ronald Huff, Purdue University
