Social identity theory is one of the most influential approaches
to identity, group processes, intergroup relations and social
change. This book draws on Lacanian psychoanalysis and Lacanian
social theorists to investigate and rework the predominant concepts
in the social identity framework.
Social Identity in Question begins by reviewing the ways in
which the social identity tradition has previously been critiqued
by social psychologists who view human relations as conditioned by
historical context, culture and language. The author offers an
alternative perspective, based upon psychoanalytic notions of
subjectivity. The chapters go on to develop these discussions, and
they cover topics such as:
- self-categorisation theory
- group attachment and conformity
- the minimal group paradigm
- intergroup conflict, social change and resistance
Each chapter seeks to disrupt the image of the subject as
rational and unitary, and to question whether human relations are
predictable. It is a book which will be of great interest to
lecturers, researchers, and students in critical psychology, social
psychology, social sciences and cultural studies.
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