Identity in Modern Society A Social Psychological Perspective [Paperback]

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• Starts from the social psychological premise that identity results from interaction in the social world.
  
• Reviews and integrates the most influential strands of contemporary social psychology research on identity.
  
• Brings together North American and European perspectives on social psychology.
  
• Incorporates insights from philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology.
  
• Places social identity research in a variety of real-life social contexts.

List of Tables.

Foreword by John C. Turner.

Preface.

1. Introduction.

Approaching Identity as a Scientific Concept.

Human Consciousness.

The Social Conditions of Human Existence.

A Brief Overview of Subsequent Chapters.

Summary.

2. The Social Psychology of Identity: Sociological and Psychological Contributions.

Sociological Contributions.

Psychological Contributions.

Summary.

3. Identity in Modern Society: An Integrative Approach.

Theoretical Background and Levels of Identity Analysis.

A Self-Aspect Model of Identity (SAMI).

Identity and (Post)Modernity.

Identity, Phenomenology and Accuracy.

Functions and Processes of Identity.

Summary.

4. Antecedents of Individual and Collective Identity.<l“*