Overview
This interdisciplinary volume analyzes the strong links between the way we form our individual and collective identities and the type of society in which we live. The contributors--who include sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and philosophers--focus on the issue of modern identity both on a conceptual level and in the context of European unification and progressive globalization. Among the issues examined are the tension between our fluid, situation-specific identity and our constant attempt to create a coherent image of the self; the transformation of identities resulting from the collective experiences of East European societies in the aftermath of Communism; and the interplay between the evolution of the modes of constitution of identity and the social changes determined by European integration.
- | Author: Marian Kempny
- | Publisher: Praeger
- | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2002
- | Number of Pages: 232 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0275975452
- | ISBN-13: 9780275975456
