Identity: Cultural Change and the Struggle for Self

by Roy F. Baumeister

What do we mean by "having an identity"? How has the process of establishing a personal identity changed over recent centuries? Is creating an identity harder today than in medieval times? Professor Baumeister explores these and other questions central to the understanding of the human personality and of deep personal concern to any individual. Drawing on a wealth of historical, cultural, literary, and philosophical evidence, the author describes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195037154
• ISBN13: 9780195037159
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"