Binding: Paperback
Description: Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity and identity crises have become almost equally pervasive. Yet 'identity is extremely versatile meaning different things to different people and in different scientific disciplines. To many its meaning seems self - evident since its various uses share common features so often the term is used without a definition of what exactly is meant by it. This provokes the core question: What exactly is identity? In this Very Short Introduction Florian Coulmas provides a survey of the many faces of the concept of identity and discusses its significance and varied meanings in the fields of philosophy sociology and psychology as well as politics and law. Tracing our concern with identity to its deep roots in Europe's intellectual history individualism and the felt need to draw borderlines Coulmas identifies the most important features used to mark off individual and collective identities and demonstrates why they are deemed important. He concludes with a glimpse at the many ways in which literature has engaged with problems of identity throughout history. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Identity: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Coulmas Florian (Professor Of Japanese Society And Sociolinguistics In - East Duisburg - Essen University Duisburg Germany)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198828549
Pages: 176 Pages, 13 Black And White Images
Publication Date: 4/28/2019
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: The Self, Ego, Identity, Personality