The quest for identity : from minority groups to generation Xers / Donald M. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Donald M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Identity (Psychology).

Ethnicity.

Physical Description:

x, 133 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Taylor offers surprising insights into the causes of group malaise and individual failure, offering surprising insights and proposals for change.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Collective Identities in Crisis 1

Chapter 2 Society's Disadvantaged Groups: The Grim Reality 17

Chapter 3 Collective Identity: A Person's Primary Psychological Blueprint 33

Chapter 4 Traditional Explanations for Group Differences: The Usual Suspects 55

Chapter 5 Valueless Colonialism and the Destruction of Collective Identity 71

Chapter 6 Collective Identity Overload: A Threat to Society's Most Disadvantaged and Not So Disadvantaged Groups 91

Chapter 7 Collective Demotivation 107

Chapter 8 Toward a Healthy Collective Identity 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-129) and index.

ISBN:

0275973093

0275973107

OCLC:

49225790