Identity: The Necessity of a Modern Idea is the first comprehensive history of the concept that answers the question, "who, or what, am I?" Gerald Izenberg contends that our most important identities, while historically conditioned, are rooted in permanent categories of human existence, such as sexuality, sociality, and labor.
Identity: The Necessity of a Modern Idea is the first comprehensive history of the concept that answers the question, "who, or what, am I?" Gerald Izenberg contends that our most important identities, while historically conditioned, are rooted in permanent categories of human existence, such as sexuality, sociality, and labor.
Gerald Izenberg is Professor Emeritus of History, Washington University in St. Louis, and author of Impossible Individuality: Romanticism, Revolution, and the Origins of Modern Selfhood, 1787-1802.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction. The New "Discourse" of Identity Chapter 1. Identity Becomes an Issue: European Literature Between the World Wars Chapter 2. The Ontological Critique of Identity: Heidegger and Sartre Chapter 3. Identity Becomes a Word: Erik Erikson and Psychological Identity Chapter 4. Social Identity and the Birth of Identity Politics, 1945-1970 Chapter 5. Collective Identities and Their Agendas, 1970-2000 Chapter 6. The Practical Politics of National and Multicultural Identity: Germany, France, Canada, and the United States, 1970-2010 Chapter 7. The Problem of Collective Identity in Liberal Democracy Chapter 8. The Contradictions of Postmodern Identity Chapter 9. Identity Transforms the Social Sciences Chapter 10. The Kinds of Kinds: Explaining Collective Identity Chapter 11. Identity as an Ethical Issue Conclusion. The Necessity of Identity Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
Introduction. The New "Discourse" of Identity Chapter 1. Identity Becomes an Issue: European Literature Between the World Wars Chapter 2. The Ontological Critique of Identity: Heidegger and Sartre Chapter 3. Identity Becomes a Word: Erik Erikson and Psychological Identity Chapter 4. Social Identity and the Birth of Identity Politics, 1945-1970 Chapter 5. Collective Identities and Their Agendas, 1970-2000 Chapter 6. The Practical Politics of National and Multicultural Identity: Germany, France, Canada, and the United States, 1970-2010 Chapter 7. The Problem of Collective Identity in Liberal Democracy Chapter 8. The Contradictions of Postmodern Identity Chapter 9. Identity Transforms the Social Sciences Chapter 10. The Kinds of Kinds: Explaining Collective Identity Chapter 11. Identity as an Ethical Issue Conclusion. The Necessity of Identity Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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