Enigmas of identity

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"We know that it matters crucially to be able to say who we are, why we are here, and where we are going," Peter Brooks writes in Enigmas of Identity. Many of us are also uncomfortably aware that we cannot provide a convincing account of our identity to others or even ourselves. Despite or because of that failure, we keep searching for identity, making it up, trying to authenticate it, and inventing excuses for our unpersuasive stories about it. This wide-ranging book draws on literature, law, …

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Title Statements

Full title :Enigmas of identity / Peter Brooks.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781400839698, 1400839696, 1283227444, 9781283227445, 9786613227447, 6613227447
oclc:ocn753704556
LC Classification:HM753
Dewey Decimal:305

Marks of identity -- Egotisms -- The outcast of the universe -- Discovering the self in self-pleasuring -- Inevitable discovery -- The derealization of self -- The madness of art -- Epilogue : the identity paradigm.

Subjects

Group identity Identité collective PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality Social Identification SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race… SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies