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- Book Title
- The Self We Live by: Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World
- Publication Date
- 1999-07-29
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780195119299
- Subject Area
- Philosophy, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Self We Live by : Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Subject
- Sociology / General, History & Surveys / Modern
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195119290
ISBN-13
9780195119299
eBay Product ID (ePID)
466889
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Self We Live by : Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World
Subject
Sociology / General, History & Surveys / Modern
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
98-031085
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Well organized. It offers a variety of information on pertinent theorists and theories. Written in a manner that makes it easy for students to understand sociology and its role in everyday life."--Sonya Gantt, Wayne State University, "A fascinating attempt to reconcile the 20th-century concept of the social self with postmodernist thinking, this volume makes an important contribution to the literature of both the social sciences and humanities. Following a brief introductory chapter, the authors take the reader on a crisp, condensed historical journey through various conceptions of the self and the theorists most responsible for their development."--B. Ayers-Nachamkin, WilsonCollege"Well organized. It offers a variety of information on pertinent theorists and theories. Written in a manner that makes it easy for students to understand sociology and its role in everyday life."--Sonya Gantt, Wayne State University"Just the text I was looking for....Looks like a great book."--Penny Green, University of Southern Colorado, "A fascinating attempt to reconcile the 20th-century concept of the social self with postmodernist thinking, this volume makes an important contribution to the literature of both the social sciences and humanities. Following a brief introductory chapter, the authors take the reader on a crisp,condensed historical journey through various conceptions of the self and the theorists most responsible for their development."--B. Ayers-Nachamkin, Wilson College, "Just the text I was looking for....Looks like a great book."--Penny Green, University of Southern Colorado, "A fascinating attempt to reconcile the 20th-century concept of the socialself with postmodernist thinking, this volume makes an important contribution tothe literature of both the social sciences and humanities. Following a briefintroductory chapter, the authors take the reader on a crisp, condensedhistorical journey through various conceptions of the self and the theoristsmost responsible for their development."--B. Ayers-Nachamkin, WilsonCollege, "Just the text I was looking for....Looks like a great book."--PennyGreen, University of Southern Colorado
Dewey Decimal
155.2
Table Of Content
Introduction1. Restorying the SelfPart I: Envisioning a Social Self2. Formulating a Social Self3. The Dark Side4. Two Options for the Postmodern Self5. Ending the Story in Interpretive PracticePart II: The Everyday Technology of Self Construction6. Narrating the Self7. Demarcating Space for Self Narration8. The Circumstances of Self Construction9. Material MediationsConclusion10. The Moral Climate of the Self We Live By
Synopsis
The self is a big story. In the early part of the century, pragmatists like William James, Charles Horton Cooley, and George Herbert Mead turned away from the transcendental self of philosophical reflection to formulate the new concept of an empirical selfthe notion that who and what we are is established in everyday interaction. The self was now a social structure, as Mead put it, even if it was located within the individual.The story has changeddramatically since then. Today, according to some postmodern critics, the self has been cast adrift on a sea of disparate images. Its just one swirling representation among others, bandied about the frenzyof a media-driven society. At the turn of the 21st century, the self has lost its traditional groundings and fizzled empirically. The self's very existence is seriously being questioned.The Self We Live By resurrects the big story by taking issue with this account. Holstein and Gubrium have crafted a comprehensive discussion that traces a different course of development, from the early pragmatists to contemporary constructionist considerations, rescuing the self from thescrap-heap of postmodern imagery. Glimpses of renewal are located in a new kind of ending, centered in an institutional landscape of diverse narratives, articulated in relation to an expanding horizon ofidentities. Not only is there a new story of the self, but were told that the self, itself, is narratively constructed. Yet as varied and plentiful as narrative identity has become, its disciplined by its social practices, which the authors discuss and illustrate in terms of the everyday technology of self construction. The empirical self, it turns out, has become more complex and varied than its formulators could have imagined., The Self We Live By confronts the serious challenges facing the self in postmodern times. Taking issue with contemporary trivializations of the self, the book traces a course of development from the early pragmatists who formulated what they called the 'empirical self', to contemporary constructionist views of the storied self. Presenting an institutional context for the increasing complexity and ubiquity of narrative identity, the authors illustrate the'everyday technology of self construction' and idscuss the resulting moral climate. The book is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in courses such as Individual in Society, Contemporary American Society, Social Psychology, Social Interaction and Culture & Personality., The self is a big story. In the early part of the century, pragmatists like William James, Charles Horton Cooley, and George Herbert Mead turned away from the transcendental self of philosophical reflection to formulate the new concept of an empirical selfthe notion that who and what we are is established in everyday interaction. The self was now a social structure, as Mead put it, even if it was located within the individual. The story has changed dramatically since then. Today, according to some postmodern critics, the self has been cast adrift on a sea of disparate images. Its just one swirling representation among others, bandied about the frenzy of a media-driven society. At the turn of the 21st century, the self has lost its traditional groundings and fizzled empirically. The self's very existence is seriously being questioned. The Self We Live By resurrects the big story by taking issue with this account. Holstein and Gubrium have crafted a comprehensive discussion that traces a different course of development, from the early pragmatists to contemporary constructionist considerations, rescuing the self from the scrap-heap of postmodern imagery. Glimpses of renewal are located in a new kind of ending, centered in an institutional landscape of diverse narratives, articulated in relation to an expanding horizon of identities. Not only is there a new story of the self, but were told that the self, itself, is narratively constructed. Yet as varied and plentiful as narrative identity has become, its disciplined by its social practices, which the authors discuss and illustrate in terms of the everyday technology of self construction. The empirical self, it turns out, has become more complex and varied than its formulators could have imagined.
LC Classification Number
BF697.5.S65H65 2000
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