Description: The Self We Live By by James A. Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Confronts the serious challenges facing the self in postmodern times. Taking issue with contemporary trivialisations of the self, the book traces a course of development from the early pragmatists who formulated what they called the empirical self, to contemporary constructionist views of the storied self. Publisher Description The self is a big story. In the early part of the century, pragmatists like William James, Charles Horton Cooley, and George Herbert Mead turned away from the transcendental self of philosophical reflection to formulate the new concept of an empirical selfthe notion that who and what we are is established in everyday interaction. The self was now a social structure, as Mead put it, even if it was located within the individual.The story has changeddramatically since then. Today, according to some postmodern critics, the self has been cast adrift on a sea of disparate images. Its just one swirling representation among others, bandied about the frenzyof a media-driven society. At the turn of the 21st century, the self has lost its traditional groundings and fizzled empirically. The selfs very existence is seriously being questioned.The Self We Live By resurrects the big story by taking issue with this account. Holstein and Gubrium have crafted a comprehensive discussion that traces a different course of development, from the early pragmatists to contemporary constructionist considerations, rescuing the self from thescrap-heap of postmodern imagery. Glimpses of renewal are located in a new kind of ending, centered in an institutional landscape of diverse narratives, articulated in relation to an expanding horizon ofidentities. Not only is there a new story of the self, but were told that the self, itself, is narratively constructed. Yet as varied and plentiful as narrative identity has become, its disciplined by its social practices, which the authors discuss and illustrate in terms of the everyday technology of self construction. The empirical self, it turns out, has become more complex and varied than its formulators could have imagined. Author Biography James A. Holstein is professor of sociology in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. His research and writing projects have addressed social problems, deviance and social control, mental health and illness, family, and the self, all approached from an ethnomethodologically- informed, constructionist perspective. Details ISBN 0195119290 ISBN-13 9780195119299 Title The Self We Live By Author James A. Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium Format Paperback Year 1999 Pages 282 Edition 1st Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:137021161; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780195119299
Book Title: The Self We Live By
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Self We Live by : Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1999
Item Height: 0.4 in
Subject: Sociology / General, History & Surveys / Modern
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: James A. Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
