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Self, Identity, and Social Institutions

By:D. Heise; N. MacKinnon
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230621794
eText ISBN:9780230108493
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual actualizes and sustains an integrated and stable self while navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of everyday institutional life.