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 book:

- 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761944893
• ISBN13: 9780761944898
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"