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This interdisciplinary volume analyzes the strong links between the way we form our individual and collective identities and the type of society in which we live. The contributors—who include sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and philosophers—focus on the issue of modern identity both on a conceptual level and in the context of European unification and progressive globalization. Among the issues examined are the tension between our fluid, situation-specific identity and our constant attempt to create a coherent image of the self; the transformation of identities resulting from the collective experiences of East European societies in the aftermath of Communism; and the interplay between the evolution of the modes of constitution of identity and the social changes determined by European integration.

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Author:   Marian Kempny ,  Aldona Jawlowska
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780275975456

ISBN 10:   0275975452
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   30 September 2002
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface Introduction: On ""Identity,"" Fixity, and Change in Social Theory and Social Life under Globalized Conditions by Marian Kempny Conceptualizing and Representing ""Identity"" Identity--Then, Now, What For? by Zygmunt Bauman An Essay on the Fluidity of Identity by Martin O'Brien How is the Identity to be Visualized? Two Remarks on Identity and Architecture by Ewa Rewers The Sacred Heart of Jesus--Shaping the Visual Identity of Modern Catholicism by Ewa Klekot Difference and Identity-Formation in the Gloabalizing World The Primacy of Difference, or the Lack of Equilibrium in Contemporary Moral Discourse by Agata Bielik-Robson Identity and Difference in Postmodern Culture by Zbyszko Melosik Machines of Identity by Tomasz Szkudlarek Being Different: Construction of Individual Identity by Malgorzata Melchior The Prodigal Son: New Spiritualities by Anna E. Kubiak Structuring of Identities in Contemporary Europe Europe, Travelling Light: Europeanization and Globalization by Jan Nederveen Pieterse Separatism in Europe around the Turn of the Century by Peter Kloos Peer Groups as Frames for Identification by Talja Blokland German Postnational Identity and Western Republicanism by Winfried Thaa Consumer Identity in Contemporary Poland by Aldona Jaw/lowska Construction of Identity and Material Culture in Contemporary Poland by Bogumila Puchalska Index"

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MARIAN KEMPNY is Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. ALDONA JAWLOWSKA is Professor at the Institute for Applied Social Sciences of the University of Warsaw and at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

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