The Existential Self in Society
Contributors: Joseph A. Kotarba (Editor); Andrea Fontana (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 28, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780226451411
Subjects: Social, group or collective psychology; The self, ego, identity, personality; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Psychology; Sociology (Specific Aspects); Sociology; Existentialism; Identity; Self
First sentence: The discipline of sociology was born in the nineteenth century, and to acquire credibility it patterned itself on the natural sciences, which were, at the time, enjoying great legitimacy and success.