The Social Self
Edited by:
- David Bakhurst - Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
- Christine Sypnowich - Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
192 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Much debate in recent years has centered on the status of the self, identity, and subjectivity, spawned by powerful arguments about the social origins of personhood. The Social Self presents many viewpoints in this debate that span the disciplines of psychology, philosophy, politics, and feminist theory, providing a critical overview of the key themes involved. In this accessible volume, international scholars examine the sense in which we are social selves, whose very identities are intimately bound up with the communities and cultures in which we live. Drawing from Wittgenstein, Marx, Foucault, Bakhtin, Gilligan, and MacIntyre, among others, the chapters show the diversity of influences that have shaped this exciting and controversial issue.
The Social Self contributes valuable perspectives on the social construction of the self for students and academics throughout the social sciences and the humanities.
David Bakhurst and Christine Sypnowich
Introduction
Jerome Bruner
Meaning and Self in Cultural Perspective
David Bakhurst
Wittgenstein and Social Being
Ellen Watson
What a Vygotskian Perspective Can Contribute to Contemporary Philosophy of Language
Felix Mikhailov
The Soviet Self
Christine Sypnowich
Death in Utopia
Stephen Mulhall and Adam Swift
The Social Self in Political Theory
Diana Coole
The Gendered Self
Helene Keyssar
Becoming Women/Women Becoming
Ian Hacking
Why Multiple Personality Tells Us Nothing about the Self/Mind/Person/Subject/Soul/Consciousness