Individuality and the Group : Advances in Social Identity

by Tom Postmes

• ISBN13: 9781412903219
• ISBN10: 1412903211
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-12
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Summary

This book brings together an international selection of prominent researchers at the forefront of this development. They reflect on the issue of individuality in the group and on how thinking about social identity has changed. Together, these chapters chart a key development in the field: how social identity perspectives inform understanding of cohesion, unity and collective action, but also how they help us understand individuality, agency, autonomy, disagreement, and diversity within groups.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Puzzle of Individuality and the Group	p. 1
Expressing and Experiencing Individuality in the Group	p. 11
Reconceptualizing Personality: Producing Individuality by Defining the Personal Self	p. 11
Acting Like an Individual versus Feeling Like an Individual	p. 37
Using Collective Identities for Assimilation and Differentiation	p. 56
Ingroup Critics and Their Influence on Groups	p. 74
Shaping Individuality through Culture and Social Identity Content	p. 93
Group Status and Individual Differentiation	p. 93
"I did It My Way": Collective Expressions of Individualism	p. 116
Culture, Social Identity and the Individual	p. 137
Interobjectivity: The Collective Roots of Individual Consciousness and Social Identity	p. 155
The Individual-Group Dynamic	p. 175
The Individual within the Group: Respect!	p. 175
Psychological Need Satisfaction through Social Roles	p. 196
The Dynamics of Personal and Social Identity Formation	p. 215
On the Agency of Individuals and Groups: Lessons from the BBC Prison Study	p. 237
Reconciling Individuality and the Group	p. 258
Author Index	p. 270
Subject Index	p. 279
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