The Social Self: Group Influences on Personal Identity

by Elisha Y. Babad, Max Birnbaum, Kenneth Dean Benne

Who we are derives both from our individual experiences and factors like ethnicity, religion, class, and gender. Three distinguished authors synthesize the literature on intergroup relations with concepts from applied behavioural science to re-emphasize the role of group identity and intergroup relations in the production of the self. Central concepts of the self and society are defined; knowledge from psychology and sociology is reviewed along with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803919395
• ISBN13: 9780803919396
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.