Puzzling identities
Auteur :
Descombes, Vincent
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674732148
Date de publication :
15 févr. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
As a logical concept, identity refers to one and the same thing. So how can it describe membership in various groups, as in ethnic and religious identity? Bringing together an analytic conception of identity with a psychosocial understanding, Vincent Descombes demonstrates why a person has more than one answer to the essential question Who am I?