| Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 SOCIETY AND THE SELF; 2 DIALOGUE AND THE SOCIAL SELF; 3 ETHICS, SELF AND PERFORMATIVITY; 4 POWER, KNOWLEDGE AND THE SELF; 5 GENDER, SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY; 6 SOCIAL RELATIONS, SOCIAL CLASS AND THE SELF; 7 SELF IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY; 8 CONCLUSION; INDEX. |
| Abstract |
The first edition of this book brought difficult questions about selfhood together with equally awkward issues of power and the 'social'. Not since Mead or Goffman, perhaps, had this been attempted in such a useful way, and in such an assured and accessible text. This completely reworked second edition retains all of these virtues, and takes the original analysis into new territory, not least with new chapters on gender and class. If you're interested in identity - particularly how identity 'works' - this book is essential reading ' - Richard Jenkins, Professor of Sociology, Sheffield Univer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Access available to onsite users at SLQ, e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Burkitt, Ian. Social selves. 2nd ed. London : SAGE, 2008 9781412912716 9781412912723 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781849206471 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1849206473 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781446212769 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1446212769 (ebook) |
| Standard identifier# |
9786612262678 |
| Stock number | 226267 MIL |
