Belonging is often overlooked in its relationship to society and social change, and yet it
forms the bedrock of how we relate to the world around us. Through the work of Marx …

One of the central interests of sociology is the relationship between self and society, and in
particular how social change affects individuality, constraining or liberating the selves that …

This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial
identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual actualizes and …

In creating and negotiating the complex and detailed time-space relations between
ourselves and others, we also craft our own unique selves. In other words, we become, and …

Identity and Social Change examines the thorny problem of modern identity. Trenchant
critiques have come from identity politics, focusing on the construction of difference and the …

I would like to thank all those who have provided help and inspiration during the long
gestation of this book. A number of friends and colleagues commented on sections of the …

The study of identity forms a critical cornerstone within modern sociological thought.
Introduced by the works of Cooley and Mead, identity studies have evolved and grown …

The study of belonging, its underlying notions, and the politics of belonging shows that
social, political, and territorial demarcations are still based on essentialist conceptions of the …

Identity Trouble assembles contributions from a variety of discourse fields to discuss the
pressures on traditional understandings of identity. The focus is on failures and uncertainties …

In the decades since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States forces of
cultural, economic, and political integration appear locked in battle with equally powerful …