Identity : the necessity of a modern idea / Gerald Izenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Izenberg, Gerald, 1939- author.

Series:

Intellectual history of the modern age.

Intellectual History of the Modern Age

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept)--History--20th century.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Identity (Philosophical concept)--History--21st century.

Identity (Psychology)--History--20th century.

Identity (Psychology).

Identity (Psychology)--History--21st century.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 pages).

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.

Summary:

Identity: The Necessity of a Modern Idea is the first comprehensive history of the concept that answers the question, ""who, or what, am I?"" Gerald Izenberg contends that our most important identities, while historically conditioned, are rooted in permanent categories of human existence, such as sexuality, sociality, and labor.

Contents:

Introduction: The new "discourse" of identity

Identity becomes an issue : European literature between the World Wars

The ontological critique of identity : Heidegger and Sartre

Identity becomes a word : Erik Erikson and psychological identity

Social identity and the birth of identity politics, 1945-1970

Collective identities and their agendas, 1970-2000

The practical politics of national and multicultural identity : Germany, France, Canada, and the United States, 1970-2010

The problem of collective identity in liberal democracy

The contradictions of postmodern identity

Identity transforms the social sciences

The kinds of kinds : explaining collective identity

Identity as an ethical issue

The necessity of identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-516) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812292718

0812292715

OCLC:

1007056914