Self, Identity, and Collective Action

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Based on the work of George Herbert Mead, Han Joas, and Axel Honneth, as well as the author’s own personal and academic identities and journeys, Self, Identity, and Collective Action argues that the self and action are strictly related. Reading these authors provided Francine Tremblay with the theoretical ground to stand on while thinking about identity and how it is linked to civic participation. She posits that Mead’s work and its link to action must be revisited and given its rightful place in sociology, and thatsociology must be radical, committed, and passionate.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-08-29
Mått158 x 241 x 19 mm
Vikt472 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor186
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666908114

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction-The Appearance of Identity in Our Vocabulary-Theoretical Framework and Epistemological Choices-René Descartes and Modernity -Émile Durkheim and the Individual-Conversations ProceduresChapter One: Theoretical Framework-George Herbert Mead and the Genesis of the Self-Historical Notes -The Mind: Undoing Dualism-Language: From Gestures to Symbols-Building the Self -The Making of the Unique Self -Action: The Moment of I Become an Actor-Moral Identity: Who I Am is Defined by What I Do-Autonomy-Reduction of Suffering-Everyday Life-Moral Identity: A Work in Progress-The Luxury of Introspection-RecognitionChapter Two: The Making of Marginalized Identities: From the French Revolution to Now-The French Revolution and the Aftermath-The Problem of Representation-The Masses as Numbers -La Misère -Organized Workers-Madness-Industrialization-Sexuality-Drug Scares-Power-Identities and the Medical Discourse

“This is an unusual proposition: a scholarly enterprise so reflexively centered on one’s own activist self-identity. Or conversely: an activist self-identity enterprise so reflexively engaged in scholarly issues. In terms of its overall content, the manuscript can indeed be read both ways. What makes the manuscript an interesting proposition is its highly personal tone: applying sociological or philosophical concepts to personal situations and autobiographical experiences enrich their content. So, self-identity and self-interpretation through a very subjective point of view on both authors, theories, and concepts, as well as social reality, taken from such perspective. One leaves the book with the impression that an author has come alive in a journey into academia with a deep concern with social struggles aiming at giving a vivid personal voice to social justice.”