Embodying identities

Culture, differences and social theory

Victor Jeleniewski Seidler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2010
Policy Press (Verlag)
9781847423818 (ISBN)

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This book shapes a new language of social theory that allows people to embody their differences with a sense of dignity and self-worth, enabling them to come to terms with the complexities of their lived identities in a post-modern globalised world.

In the 1970s and 1980s, identities seemed to be 'fixed' through categories of class, 'race', ethnicity, gender, sexualities and religion. These days we have begun to recognise the diversity, fragmentation and fluidity of identities, but how do we create and shape our own?

The book shapes a new language of social theory that allows people to embody their differences with a sense of dignity and self-worth. It draws on diverse traditions from Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as more recent traditions of critical theory and post-structuralism, and will be of interest to sociology, politics, social work, philosophy and cultural studies students.

Victor Jeleniewski Seidler is Professor of Social Theory in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has written widely in the areas of social theory, ethics and gender, particularly in relation to the critical study of men and masculinities. His recent work includes Young men and masculinities: Global cultures and intimate lives (Zed Books, 2007) and Jewish philosophy and western culture (I.B.Tauris, 2008).

Contents: Introduction: fragmented identities/social theories; Identity, culture and modernity; Identity, dignity and self-worth; Bodies, fears and differences; Feminisms and masculinities; Gender, self-rejection and recognition; Identities, 'race' and modernity; Shame, fear and hatred; Language, ethics and transformation; Language, technology and media images; Virtualities, imagination and globalisation; Memories, objects and global migrations; Special textbook features and pedagogy; Definition of the market.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2010
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-13	9781847423818 / 9781847423818
Zustand	Neuware