Social and Personal Identity

Social and Personal Identity
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 174
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ISBN-10 : 9781848606036
ISBN-13 : 1848606036
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Social and Personal Identity by : Derek Layder

Download or read book Social and Personal Identity written by Derek Layder and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-02-24 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can you understand yourself? Where do your views, attitudes and values come from and why do they change? This accessible and illuminating book provides a reliable guide to these questions. The book: · Demonstrates that personal identity is formed around basic needs for security and self-esteem and the personal desires that flow from them · Shows the role of the emotions in personal life · Explores the limits of approaches that deny the existence of ′individuals′ and ′personal experience′ · Demonstrates how we build on everyday problems and dilemmas of life to shape our moods, attitudes and feelings. Shrewd and compelling, the book will be of interest to anyone studying Social Psychology and Sociology.


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