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Self, Identity, and Social Institutions

Self, Identity, and Social Institutions

1st Edition

Hardback (14 May 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Book information

ISBN: 9780230621794
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 302.5
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 266
Weight: 416g
Height: 216mm
Width: 145mm
Spine width: 20mm