{"product_id":"self-and-identity-personal-social-and-symbolic-9780805836837","title":"Self and Identity Personal Social and Symbolic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edited volume outlines the latest meta-theoretical and theoretical contexts of self-research. \u003ci\u003eSelf and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e examines theoretical accounts of human experience within the contemporary socio-cultural milieu and attempts to answer the question of what it means to be human. It provides a clear structure within which to conceptualize contemporary empirical research on self and identity in terms of personal, social, and symbolic aspects. In so doing, it identifies the symbolic aspect as an emerging area of contemporary significance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Featuring contributions from a distinguished group of scholars and therapists, the book is organized into four parts. The editors provide section introductions to demonstrate how each chapter relates to the book''s overall theme, as well as how the chapter authors responded to the editors'' charge to go beyond the social cognitive theory of the self. Part I describes the current meta-theoretical context of self-research, the editors'' int\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The approach taken in the book is novel--i.e., contrasting new research on the personal, social, and symbolic aspects of the self with the traditional social cognitive view...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCynthia Pickett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents: \u003c\/b\u003ePreface. \u003cb\u003ePart I: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheories of the Mind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Foddy, Y. Kashima,\u003c\/b\u003e Self and Identity: What Is the Conception of the Person Assumed in the Current Literature? \u003cb\u003eM.S. Humphreys, Y. Kashima,\u003c\/b\u003e Connectionism and Self: Distributed Representational Systems and Their Implications for Self and Identity. \u003cb\u003ePart II: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePersonal Processes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.M. Twenge, R.F. Baumeister,\u003c\/b\u003e Self-Control: A Limited Yet Renewable Resource. \u003cb\u003eH.J.M. Hermans,\u003c\/b\u003e The Dialogical Self: One Person, Different Stories. \u003cb\u003ePart III: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Processes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. Sedikides, W.K. Campbell, G.D. Reeder, A.J. Elliot, A.P. Gregg,\u003c\/b\u003e Do Others Bring Out the Worst in Narcissists?: The \"Others Exist for Me\" Illusion. \u003cb\u003eL. Smith-Lovin,\u003c\/b\u003e Roles, Identities, and Emotions: Parallel Processing and the Production of Mixed Emotions. \u003cb\u003eR.S. Onorato, J.C. Turner,\u003c\/b\u003e Challenging the Primacy of the Personal Self: The Case for Depersonalized Self-Conception. \u003cb\u003ePart IV: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSymbolic Processes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eY. Kashima, M. Foddy,\u003c\/b\u003e Time and Self: The Historical Construction of the Self. \u003cb\u003eY. Kashima,\u003c\/b\u003e Culture and Self: A Cultural Dynamical Analysis. \u003cb\u003ePart V: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eM.B. Smith,\u003c\/b\u003e Self and Identity in Historical\/Sociocultural Context: \"Perspectives on Selfhood\" Revisited. \u003cb\u003eY. Kashima, M. Foddy, M.J. Platow,\u003c\/b\u003e Concluding Comments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405648994647,"sku":"9780805836837","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/self-and-identity-personal-social-and-symbolic-9780805836837","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}