Self, Identity, and Social Institutions
This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual actualizes and sustains an integrated and stable self while navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of everyday institutional life
Main Authors: | , |
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2010, 2010
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual actualizes and sustains an integrated and stable self while navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of everyday institutional life |
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Physical Description: | 278 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9780230108493 |