Self and Social Identity - Brewer, Marilynn B. / Hewstone, Miles (eds.)
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The study of the interplay between the individual self and collective selves is an arena of rich theory and research in social psychology. Self and Social Identity is a collection of readings from the four-volume set of Blackwell Handbooks of Social Psychology that examine how group memberships shape the content of the individual's self concept and how the sense of self is expanded as a consequence of identification with other individuals and the group as a whole. Collects readings from the four-volume set of Blackwell Handbooks of Social Psychology and includes introductions by two…mehr

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The study of the interplay between the individual self and collective selves is an arena of rich theory and research in social psychology.
Self and Social Identity is a collection of readings from the four-volume set of Blackwell Handbooks of Social Psychology that examine how group memberships shape the content of the individual's self concept and how the sense of self is expanded as a consequence of identification with other individuals and the group as a whole.
Collects readings from the four-volume set of Blackwell Handbooks of Social Psychology and includes introductions by two world-renowned researchers.
Provides a sampling of exciting research and theory that is both comprehensive and current and cross-cuts the levels of analysis from intrapersonal to intergroup.
Organized around two broad themes, 'self and identity' and 'group identities' and designed for course use.
Autorenporträt
Marilynn B. Brewer is Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University. Her primary research interests include social cognition, intergroup relations, and social identities and the self concept. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including Intergroup Relations (with Norman Miller, 1996) and has served as President of the American Psychological Association and as editor of the journal Personality and Social Psychology. Miles Hewstone is Professor of Social Psychology at Oxford University. His current research interests include the reduction of intergroup conflict, intergroup contact, and the social influence of majorities and minorities. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Introduction to Social Psychology (edited with Wolfgang Stroebe and Geoffrey M. Stephenson, Third Edition 2001). He is founding co-editor of the European Review of Social Psychology.
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"This significant four-volume set will have immediate impacton the field. It includes contributions from leading internationalsocial psychologists on a broad range of topics involvingintra-individual, personal, interpersonal, intergroup, and societalprocesses. The chapters, which focus on traditional and emergingareas, are uniformly scholarly and interesting. By skillfullyassembling a mosaic of chapters on focused topics, Brewer andHewstone have captured both the expansiveness and conceptual depthof the field while offering novel and insightful perspectives onsocial psychology." John F. Dovidio, ColgateUniversity

"The subject matter considered in these books is well balancedand varied giving the reader a wide ranging view of the discipline.Each volume stands well on it's own but the four togethermake a complete overview of the subject. These volumes will enhanceeveryone's understanding of the subject from student to academic. Ithoroughly recommend them" Social Psychological Review, October2005