Francine Tremblay

Self, Identity, and Collective Action (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Based on the work of George Herbert Mead, Han Joas, and Axel Honneth, as well as the author's own personal and academic identities and journeys, Self, Identity, and Collective Action argues that the self and action are strictly related. Reading these authors provided Francine Tremblay with the theoretical ground to stand on while thinking about identity and how it is linked to civic participation. She posits that Mead's work and its link to action must be revisited and given its rightful place in sociology, and thatsociology must be radical, committed, and passionate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978773073
• Artikelnr.: 74397267

Autorenporträt

Francine Tremblay is teaching faculty at Concordia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
-The Appearance of Identity in Our Vocabulary
-Theoretical Framework and Epistemological Choices
-René Descartes and Modernity
-Émile Durkheim and the Individual
-Conversations Procedures
Chapter One: Theoretical Framework
-George Herbert Mead and the Genesis of the Self
-Historical Notes
-The Mind: Undoing Dualism
-Language: From Gestures to Symbols
-Building the Self
-The Making of the Unique Self
-Action: The Moment of I Become an Actor
-Moral Identity: Who I Am is Defined by What I Do
-Autonomy
-Reduction of Suffering
-Everyday Life
-Moral Identity: A Work in Progress
-The Luxury of Introspection
-Recognition
Chapter Two: The Making of Marginalized Identities: From the French
Revolution to Now
-The French Revolution and the Aftermath
-The Problem of Representation
-The Masses as Numbers
-La Misère
-Organized Workers
-Madness
-Industrialization
-Sexuality
-Drug Scares
-Power
-Identities and the Medical Discourse
-Race, Self and Identity
Chapter Three: The Virtual Selves
-Playing with Reality
-The Self and the New Panopticon
-The Worldwide Shopping Mall
-Virtual Discussion and Moral Identity
-Online Activism
-Discussion
Chapter Four: Self, Identity and Collective Action
-Resource Mobilization Theory (RMT)
-New Social Movement Theory (NSMT)
-Identity and Framing
-Actors and Collective Identity
-Emotion: Time to Give the Untamed Element its Rightful Place
-Mobilization - the Statues are Down. Now What?
Conclusion: A Conversation with James Dalton
-Theory
-Technology and Social Media
Bibliography
About the Author