Identity's moments : the self in action and interaction / Robert Perinbanayagam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perinbanayagam, R. S., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xi, 193 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2012]

Summary:

Identity's Moments: The Self in Action and Interaction is an examination of the role of language in the constitution of self and in the presentation of identify. Following the path laid out by George Herbert Mead, Kenneth Burke, and Mikhail Bakhtin, the work presents self, identity, and meaning as ongoing accomplishments between human actors who participate in what may be termed the drama of human relations. Human agents use language as symbolic actions with which they transform themselves and others, as well as places and things, clothing and money, etc. into meanings with which they conduct their lives. Book jacket.

Contents:

The drama and the dialectics of identity

The relations of identity

The scenes and agencies of identity

Interaction and the drama of engagement (with E. Doyle McCarthy)

The meaning of uncertainty and the uncertainty of meaning

The coinage of the self

The other in the game : interactional processes in Mead and Wittgenstein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739172407

0739172409

9780739172414

0739172417

OCLC:

805390820