Troubled Identity and the Modern World

by Leonidas Donskis

The book maps what Leonidas Donskis terms the troubled identity, that is, the identity that constantly needs assurance and confirmation. It is on why and how the search for identity becomes everything for a postmodern person, an identity builder and shifter. Our infatuation with it replaces the former search for the meaning of life, becoming a mode of discourse, self-discovery, self-interpretation, and a perfect chance to reshape ourselves as the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230607705
• ISBN13: 9780230607705
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"