Social identity

Social Identity explains how identification, seen as a social process, works: individually, interactionally and institutionally. Building on the international success of previous editions, this fourth edition offers a concise, comprehensive and readable critical introduction to social science theories of identity for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. All the chapters have been updated, and extra new material has been added where relevant, integrating the most recent critical publications in the field. As with the earlier editions, the emphasis is on sociology, anthropology and social p.

1. Identity matters -- 2. Similarity and difference -- 3. A sign of the times? -- 4. Understanding identification -- 5. Selfhood and mind -- 6. Embodied selves -- 7. Entering the human world -- 8. Self-image and public image -- 9. Groups and categories -- 10. Beyond boundaries -- 11. Symbolising belonging -- 12. Uncertaintly and predictability -- 13. Institutionalising identification -- 14. Organising identification -- 15. Categorisation and consequences -- 16. Identity and modernity revisited.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Identity matters; 2 Similarity and difference; 3 A sign of the times?; 4 Understanding identification; 5 Selfhood and mind; 6 Embodied selves; 7 Entering the human world; 8 Self-image and public image; 9 Groups and categories; 10 Beyond boundaries; 11 Symbolising belonging; 12 Uncertainty and predictability; 13 Institutionalising identification; 14 Organising identification; 15 Categorisation and consequences; 16 Identity and modernity revisited; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

Social Identity explains how identification, seen as a social process, works: individually, interactionally and institutionally. Building on the international success of previous editions, this fourth edition offers a concise, comprehensive and readable critical introduction to social science theories of identity for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. All the chapters have been updated, and extra new material has been added where relevant, integrating the most recent critical publications in the field.As with the earlier editions, the emphasis is on sociology, anthropology and social p