Modern Construction and Postmodern Deconstruction of Self

Kire Sharlamanov is Professor of Sociology at International Balkan University, North Macedonia.Mia Kostovska is a Doctoral Candidate pursuing a degree in Social Psychology at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia. She is currently working as a Teaching Assistant at International Balkan University, North Macedonia.

• Chapter 1. Basic Contours of the Self.- Chapter 2. The Construction of the Self in the Time of Modernity.- Chapter 3. Individualization and the Self.- Chapter 4. Rationalization, Emotion and the Self.- Chapter 5. Power Shaped Self.- Chapter 6. The Postmodern Self.- Chapter 7. Self as Performance.- Chapter 8. Liquid Self.- Chapter 9. Self as Simulacrum.