The Saturated Self

by Gergen, Kenneth J

• ISBN13: 9780465071852
• ISBN10: 0465071856
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: BASIC BOOKS

Summary

Today's ever-expanding communications technologies force us to relate to more people and institutions than ever before, challenging the way we view ourselves and our relationships. This powerful and provocative book draws from a wide range of disciplinesfrom anthropology to psychoanalysis, from film and fiction to literary theoryto explore these profound changes in our understanding of self-identity and their implications for cultural and intellectual life.

Author Biography

Kenneth J. Gergen, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Swarthmore College. He is the author of, among other works, Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge (1982) and, with co-editor John Shotter, Texts of Identity (1989).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction to the 2000 Edition
The Self Under Siege	p. 1
From the Romantic to the Modern Vision of Self	p. 18
Social Saturation and the Populated Self	p. 48
Truth in Trouble	p. 81
The Emergence of Postmodern Culture	p. 111
From Self to Relationship	p. 139
A Collage of Postmodern Life	p. 171
Self-Renewal and Sincerity	p. 199
Reckoning and Relativity	p. 226
Notes	p. 260
Index	p. 281
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