Description - Concepts of the Self by Anthony Elliott
More than ten years on from its original publication, Concepts
of the Self still mesmerizes with its insight,
comprehensiveness and critique of debates over the self in the
social sciences and humanities. Anthony Elliott has written a new
preface to this third edition to address some of the most recent
developments in the field, and offers a powerful challenge to what
he describes as ?the emergence of anti-theories of the
self?.
The first two editions have proven exceptionally popular among
students and teachers worldwide. Anthony Elliott provides a
scintillating introduction to the major accounts of the self from
symbolic interactionism and psychoanalysis to post-feminism and
postmodernism. This new edition has been extensively revised and
updated to take account of more recent theoretical developments,
and a new chapter has been added on individualization which focuses
on how the self becomes an agent of ?do-it-yourself?
autobiographical reconstruction in an age of intensive
globalization.
Concepts of the Self remains the most lively, lucid and
compelling introduction to contemporary controversies over the self
and self-identity in the social sciences and humanities. Written by
an author of international reputation, it connects debates about
the self directly to identity politics, the sociology of personal
relationships and intimacy, and the politics of sexuality, and will
continue to be an invaluable introductory text for students in of
social and political theory, sociology, social psychology, cultural
studies, and gender studies.
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