Social symptoms of identity needs: why we have failed to solve our social problems, and what to do about it
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Main Author: Bracher, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Karnac 2009
Series:Explorations in psycho-social studies series
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1. Identity and the causes of social problems -- pt. 2. Social problems as symptoms of identity needs -- pt. 3. The role of identity in the failure to solve social problems -- pt. 4. Social change and identity development
Explains how our major social problems, including crime, violence, terrorism, war, substance abuse, and prejudice, are the result of efforts by their perpetrators to maintain a secure identity, or sense of self. It locates the root causes of these social problems and counterproductive responses in certain identity-damaging social and cultural phenomena that force identity to defend and maintain itself by socially harmful means
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 300 pages)
ISBN:1849408076
1855756544
9781849408073
9781855756540

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