Uses developmental psychology and sociology to explore the contradictions in young people's lives that relate to lack of purpose within affluent societies centered on personal identity.
Uses developmental psychology and sociology to explore the contradictions in young people's lives that relate to lack of purpose within affluent societies centered on personal identity.
James E. Côté is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. He is the founding editor of Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research (2000-05), current Associate Editor of the Journal of Adolescence (since 2009), and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education (2016). James served as President of the Society for Research on Identity Formation (SRIF) (2003-2005) and President of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on the Sociology of Youth (2010-14). In addition to dozens of journal articles and book chapters, he has authored or co-authored ten other books in the areas of identity studies, youth studies, and the sociology of education, most recently Identity Formation, Youth, and Development: A Simplified Approach (2016) and Youth Studies: Fundamental Issues and Debates (2014).
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword Gary T. Reker Part I: Identity and Purpose in Modern Societies 1. The Principal Paradox: Prosperity Without Purpose 2. From Roles to Identities: The Crisis of Purpose in a Sea of Choice 3. Finding Direction and Forming Identities: The Meaning of Purpose and the Purpose of Meaning Part II: Coming of Age Struggles in Identity Societies 4. Growing Up in Identity Societies: The Cross-Purposes of a Prolonged Youth 5. The Paradoxes of Universal Higher Education: Students Misdirected by Credentialism 6. The Student Mental Health Crisis: The Perfect Storm for Identity Confusion Part III: Purpose, Agency, and Generativity: New Forms of Adulthood 7. Adulthood in Identity Societies: Agency and Generativity in a Sea of Confusion 8. The Brave New Adult of Identity Societies: A Brave New World? 9. Conclusion: Purpose as a Mutual Project
Foreword Gary T. Reker Part I: Identity and Purpose in Modern Societies 1. The Principal Paradox: Prosperity Without Purpose 2. From Roles to Identities: The Crisis of Purpose in a Sea of Choice 3. Finding Direction and Forming Identities: The Meaning of Purpose and the Purpose of Meaning Part II: Coming of Age Struggles in Identity Societies 4. Growing Up in Identity Societies: The Cross-Purposes of a Prolonged Youth 5. The Paradoxes of Universal Higher Education: Students Misdirected by Credentialism 6. The Student Mental Health Crisis: The Perfect Storm for Identity Confusion Part III: Purpose, Agency, and Generativity: New Forms of Adulthood 7. Adulthood in Identity Societies: Agency and Generativity in a Sea of Confusion 8. The Brave New Adult of Identity Societies: A Brave New World? 9. Conclusion: Purpose as a Mutual Project
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