Society in the Self: A Theory of Identity in Democracy

by Hubert J.M. Hermans

Instead of considering society as a social environment, Society in the Self begins from the assumption that society works in the deepest regions of self and identity, as expressed in phenomena like self-sabotage, self-radicalization, self-cure, self-government, self-nationalization, and self-internationalization. This leads to the central thesis that a democratic society can only function properly if it is populated by participants with a democratically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190687797
• ISBN13: 9780190687793
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"