Social and Personal Identity: Understanding Yourself

by Derek Layder

How can you understand yourself? Where do your views, attitudes and values come from and why do they change? This accessible and illuminating book provides a reliable guide to these questions. The · Demonstrates that personal identity is formed around basic needs for security and self-esteem and the personal desires that flow from them · Shows the role of the emotions in personal life · Explores the limits of approaches that deny the existence of ′individuals′ and ′personal experience′ · Demonstrates how we build on everyday problems and dilemmas of life to shape our moods, attitudes and feelings. Shrewd and compelling, the book will be of interest to anyone studying Social Psychology and Sociology.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Farery · Rating 1 out of 5]

It finally comes to a point that, the theoretical understanding provided by philosopher, psychologist, politics and culture makes me feel burdened. I’ve got enough diverse and multi-perspective and even contradicting points of view. Every ways seem rational, logical and adjustable—-whether practical is not known yet. Time to stop reading and try out.