| Self Consciousness: An Alternative Anthropology of Identity Contributor(s): Cohen, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415083249 ISBN-13: 9780415083249 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: Cohen establishes the importance of the self and argues that in order to appreciate the complexity of social formations, one must first take note of individuals awareness of themselves and as authors of social contexts and formations. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Psychology | Personality - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 155.2 |
| LCCN: 94000344 |
| Lexile Measure: 1350 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.08" W x 7.88" (0.64 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Traditionally the self and the individual have been treated as micro-versions of larger social entities by the social sciences in general, and by anthropology in particular. In Self Consciousness, Cohen examines this treatment of the self, arguing that this practice has resulted in the misunderstanding of social aggregates precisely because the individual has been ignored as a constituent element. By acknowledging the individual's self awareness as author of their own social conduct and of the social forms in which they participate, this informs social and cultural processes rather than the individual being passively modelled by them. |