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Social Selves

Social Selves

Burkitt, Ian

Hardcover

AnthropologyCognitionGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 1412912717
ISBN13: 9781412912716
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: Feb 12 2008
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This new, completely revised version builds on the popular success of the First Edition. It seeks to answer the basic social question of ′who am I?′ by developing an understanding of self-identity as formed in social relations and social activity. Comprehensive, jargon-free and authoritative, it will be required reading on courses in self and society, identity, and personality formation.

Praise for the First Edition

A masterpiece of scholarly analysis and a book that should be read by anyone interested in either personality or social behavior.
--Contemporary Psychology

Burkitt deserves praise for the clarity with which he presents his overview of the relevant theories, for the cogency which he offers his own critiques of these theories, and for his commitment to thinking dialectically about the self.
--Theory & Psychology

A very valuable contribution to its field.
--Sociology

Burkitt offers a discerning discussion. . . the volume is essential reading for anyone concerned with this challenging problem.
--Choice

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