Self We Live By Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World

Name: Self We Live By Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World
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ISBN: 9780195119299

ISBN-10: 0195119290

ISBN-13: 9780195119299

Edition: 2000

Authors: James A. Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium

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The story of the self is big story. For at least a century, the concept of the empirical self has been an important, if not our most central, social structure. The early pragmatists William James, Charles Horton Cooley, and George Herbert Mead, among others, turned away from the transcendental self of philosophical reflection to formulate a concept that extended to every individual's consideration who and what they were. The democratized the self and set the stage for social psychological commentary for decades to come. Now, according to some postmodern voices, the self does not amount to much anymore on the brink of the 21st century. its narrative has fizzled. The self is a mere shadow of…

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List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/29/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



Restorying the Self



Envisioning a Social Self



Formulating a Social Self



The Dark Side



Two Options for the Postmodern Self



Ending the Story in Interpretive Practice



The Everyday Technology of Self Construction



Narrating the Self



Producing Self in Talk and Interaction



Conditions of Self Construction



Material Mediations


Conclusion



The Moral Climate of the Self We Live By