Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities [electronic resource] /
Scott, S.author.
Why do people enter total institutions – places that confine and control them around the clock – and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman's classic model by introducing the Re-inventive Institution, where members voluntarily commit themselves to pursue regimes of self-improvement.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Totally committed -- Reinventive institutions -- Religious and spiritual communities -- Military camps -- Secret societies and fraternities -- Therapeutic clinics -- Education and enrichment -- Virtual institutions -- Conclusion.
Why do people enter total institutions – places that confine and control them around the clock – and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman's classic model by introducing the Re-inventive Institution, where members voluntarily commit themselves to pursue regimes of self-improvement.
Health psychology.
Social medicine.
Sociology.
Self.
Identity (Psychology).
Anthropology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Health Psychology.
Medical Sociology.
Sociology, general.
Self and Identity.
Anthropology.
Personality and Social Psychology.