Concepts of the Self by Anthony Elliot

Concepts of the Self by Anthony Elliot

Provides an introduction to contemporary controversies over the self and self-identity in the social sciences. This book concentrates mainly on the work of social theorists and cultural analysts who have attempted to place the self in relation to psychological processes, social contexts and historical perspectives.

This great little book contains everything you wished but did not dare to ask about the meaning of the self one of the thorniest, most contentious, exciting and enraging issues of our times and our lives in these timesTo the questions you might have asked or are likely to ask yet, Elliott offers answers that are carefully weighted, balanced and realistic drawing from the vast treasury of sociological insights and moving freely between the variety of complementary even if ostensibly adversary perspectives. Elliott's book is good to read, to learn and to think with. It helps to understand what it means to have a self and to be oneself an understanding that itself is a foremost condition of both.

Anthony Elliott is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of the West of England, where he is Research Director of the Faculty of Economics and Social Science. His most recent books include Subject to Ourselves (1996) and Freud 2000 (editor, 1998).

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ISBN 13	9780745623689
ISBN 10	0745623689
Titre	Concepts of the Self
Auteur	Anthony Elliot
Série	Key Concepts
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Polity Press
Année de publication	2001-08-06
Nombre de pages	184
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