Social Identity"Social Identity provides a clearly-written accessible introduction to sociological and social anthropological approaches to identity. Looking at the work of Mead, Goffman and Barth, this book makes clear their relevance to everyday life. Insisting that reflexive self identity is not a modern phenomenon, the core argument is that individual and collective identity can both be understood using the same model, as 'internal' and 'external' processes." "Social Identity brings together sociological and social anthropological theories of identity, and makes an original contribution to social theory. Focusing on identity as individual and collective, this book brings us a fresh perspective on the relationship between the individual and society. This book provides an essential guide to the concept of social identity, offering students critical discussions of Schutz, Berger and Luckman, Becker, Anthony Cohen, Giddens, Bourdieu and many others."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
A sign of the times? | 7 |
Theorising social identity | 19 |
Entering society | 54 |
Chapter 8 | 68 |
Chapter 10 | 90 |
Chapter 11 | 104 |
Chapter 12 | 119 |
Chapter 16 | 171 |
| 182 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abner Cohen Anthony Cohen argues argument ascriptive Barth become behaviour boundary bureaucratic characteristic cognitive Cohen collective identities common sense conscience collective consequences consequential constituted context criteria cultural defined definition deviance dialectic of identification differentiation discourse discussion distinction embodied individuals emphasises ethnic identity everyday example experience external gender Giddens Goffman group identification human ideal type imagined implicated important individual and collective individual identity institutional institutionalised internal internal-external dialectic internalisation Jenkins labelling matter Mead means modern nominal notion organisational membership particular person Pierre Bourdieu point of view political practices primary primary deviance procedures rationalisation recognise recruitment reflexive relationship respect Richard Jenkins ritual routine Ryle secondary deviance significant similarity and difference situation social anthropology social categorisation social construction social identity social relations social world society sociological sociological imagination sociologists Sohar stereotypes suggests symbolic construction symbolic universes symbolisation talk things tion understanding virtual W.I. Thomas