Identity and social change / edited by Joseph E. Davis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis, Joseph E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Identity (Psychology).

Social change.

Physical Description:

217 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2000]

Summary:

There has been a veritable explosion of writing in recent years about the concept of identity. Amidst this outpouring, the most influential writing has emerged from identity politics and academic postmodernism. These movements focus on the construction of difference, the solidarity of marginal groups, and the epistemological status of the subject. While of far-reaching significance, these movements have also led to a general neglect of the structural and institutional forces behind a wider problem of identity. Identity and Social Change moves beyond these dominant trends to explore neglected but critical terrain. The contributors place the problem of identity in a broader context and approach the formation of identity in a social rather than discursive framework.

Contents:

Introduction: Social Change and the Problem of Identity / Joseph E. Davis 1

Part 1 The Changing Landscape

1. Tourists and Vagabonds: Or, Living in Postmodern Times / Zygmunt Bauman 13

2. The Work of Postmodernity: The Laboring Body in Global Space / David Harvey 27

3. Public Life, Information Technology, and the Global City: New Possibilities for Citizenship and Identity Formation / Mike Featherstone 53

4. False Faces: Ethnic Identity, Authenticity, and Fraud in Native American Discourse and Politics / Joane Nagel 81

Part 2 Identity and Dissolution

5. Identity, Commodification, and Consumer Culture / Robert G. Dunn 109

6. Technology, Self, and the Moral Project / Kenneth J. Gergen 135

7. Not Dead Yet: Psychotherapy, Morality, and the Question of Identity Dissolution / Joseph E. Davis 155

8. Deception and Despair: Ironic Self-Identity in Modern Society / Harvie Ferguson 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765800349

OCLC:

43787452