You and Your Profile: Identity After Authenticity

by Paul J D'Ambrosio and Hans-Georg Moeller

More and more, we present ourselves and encounter others through profiles. A profile shows us not as we are seen directly but how we are perceived by a broader public. As we observe how others observe us, we calibrate our self-presentation accordingly. Profile-based identity is evident everywhere from pop culture to politics, marketing to morality. But all too often critics simply denounce this alleged superficiality in defense of some supposedly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231196016
• ISBN13: 9780231196017
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"