Righting of passage, the: perceptions of change after modernity
Auteur :
Napier, A.David
Éditeur :
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN :
9780812237764
Date de publication :
22 mars 2004
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Theory in the social sciences assumes that the acceptance of experience as inevitably unruly means that it is characterized by constant change and even by chaos. This work presents an argument that accounts for diffuse and flexible notions of the self while also showing how a coherent, communicating self persists amid such apparent instability.