Identity: Sociological Perspectives
This essay is a combination of personal reflection on the self and identity labels, the restrictions that label-based belonging imposes and the discomfort that freedom can bring. Included are good mental models, praise for values-based life navigation, and interpretations of popular culture.
sundus • I Am Me Before I Am Anything Else
we consider the implications of the co-created self. This idea, that who we are is co-created in relation with others. What
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
meaningful identity, belonging, and purpose found in materialism (I am what I have), consumerism (I am meant to acquire), perfectionism (I am what I do), rationalism (I am the final word), stoicism (I am unaffected by you), romanticism (I am my emotions), hedonism (I am my greatest pleasure), or postmodernism (I am what I say I am).
Mason King • A Short Guide to Spiritual Disciplines: How to Become a Healthy Christian
As we are socialized, we assume roles in our families and in our wider social world that define a narrower version of our identity—our
Timothy Butler • Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Career Path
Identity is not the abstract quality we vaguely assume it to be: we determine our identity by placing it alongside and, increasingly, contrasting it with other possible identities.
Paul Verhaeghe • What About Me?: The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based Society
SummaryYancey argues that the way we define our self influence how we value things. As a result of the move from collectivism to individualism, a new form of creating our identities is created called the post-individual. Post-individuals define their identity as much through their individual traits as through the groups and communities they volunta... See more