Identity Troubles: An introduction
Autor Anthony Elliotten Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 oct 2015
Identity Troubles documents various contemporary mutations of identity – from robotics to biomedicine, from cosmetic surgery to digital lives – and considers their broader social, cultural and political consequences.
Elliott offers a synthesis of the key conceptual innovations in identity studies in the context of recent social theory. He critically examines accounts of "individualization", "reflexivity", "liquidization" and "new maladies of the soul" – situating these in wider social and historical contexts, and drawing out critical themes. He follows with a series of chapters looking at how what is truly new in contemporary life is having profound consequences for identities, both private and public. This book will be essential reading for undergraduate students in sociology, cultural studies, political science, and human geography. It offers the first comprehensive overview of identity studies in the interdisciplinary field of social theory.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415837118
ISBN-10: 0415837111
Pagini: 228
Ilustrații: 1 black & white tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415837111
Pagini: 228
Ilustrații: 1 black & white tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate and UndergraduateCuprins
Introduction: Identity Troubles Part I: Theories of Identity 1. Identity, Individualism, Individualization: Three versions of the self, with Charles Lemert 2. The Theory of New Individualism 3. Identity Weakened? The reinvention of imagination in the age of globalization 4. Experimental Worlds: On posthuman identity Part II: Practices of Identity 5. Accelerated Identity: Five theses on the self, with Eric L. Hsu 6. Drastic Plastic: Identity in the age of makeover 7. New Global Elites: On new individualist arts of escape 8. Digital Lives, Miniaturized Mobilities and Identity 9. DIY Self-Design: Experimentation Across Global Airports with David Radford
Notă biografică
ANTHONY ELLIOTT is Dean of External Engagement at the University of South Australia, where he is Executive Director of the Hawke EU Centre and Research Professor of Sociology. He is also Global Professor (Visiting) of Sociology at Keio University, Japan. He is the author and editor of over 40 books, translated into over a dozen languages
Recenzii
A compelling and original analysis of the impact of the digital revolution upon everyday life, the self and the body - Anthony Giddens, House of Lords and the London School of Economics, UK
Anthony Elliott is one of the foremost scholars on identity. In this new book, he builds on his previous work by taking into account the significant changes in this new century of modes of constructing and performing identity. This book is theoretically sophisticated, but Elliott writes in such an accessible and interesting way that readers will find themselves learning much about the complexity of contemporary issues, problems and practices of identities. -Deborah Lupton, Centenary Research Professor News & Media Research, University of Canberra, Australia
A really exciting and comprehensive dissection of many different identity troubles in an accelerating, trans-human world on the move - a world of invention, celebrity and makeover. – Professor John Urry, Distinguished Prof of Sociology and Co-Director Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, UK
Anthony Elliott is one of the foremost scholars on identity. In this new book, he builds on his previous work by taking into account the significant changes in this new century of modes of constructing and performing identity. This book is theoretically sophisticated, but Elliott writes in such an accessible and interesting way that readers will find themselves learning much about the complexity of contemporary issues, problems and practices of identities. -Deborah Lupton, Centenary Research Professor News & Media Research, University of Canberra, Australia
A really exciting and comprehensive dissection of many different identity troubles in an accelerating, trans-human world on the move - a world of invention, celebrity and makeover. – Professor John Urry, Distinguished Prof of Sociology and Co-Director Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, UK
Descriere
Identity Troubles: An Introduction provides a wide-ranging, accessible and critical introduction to theories of identity in the social sciences and humanities. Written by a world authority, the book offers the first reasonably comprehensive overview of identity studies in the interdisciplinary field of social theory – with chapters discussing the major works of key theorists, outlining the relevant social and historical context, and drawing out critical themes.