Young / Goldstein / Krasner New Sources of Self

Pergamon General Psychology Series
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5848-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Web PDF

New Sources of Self investigates the self and its origins, functions, development, and expression. A central theme in this book is that the psychobiological capacities of individuals are in the process of being replaced in ''modern'' society by the electromagnetic capacities of technology, by the decision-making and control capacities of business systems, and by the physical capacities of modern industrial machinery. Some of the consequences of this replacement are explored. This monograph is comprised of seven chapters and begins by reexamining the assumption, that self and society are intertwined and challenging the necessity of the social order being the primary source of ''human nature.'' The next chapter considers the delineation and measurement of the self-system, the cybernetics of self-control, and the sociological and psychological perspectives of self. The argument that the separation of self and society is tragic is also analyzed, together with some contemporary social movements as ventures in the private construction and private use of self; the processes by which self is linked to social structure and whether these processes are operative in the large-scale organizations typically found in a complex industrial society; and some sources and uses of self. This text will be of interest to sociologists, psychiatrists, clinical and social psychologists, and psychiatric social workers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, T. R.

Goldstein, Arnold P.

Krasner, Leonard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;New Sources of Self;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Acknowledgments;8
6;Foreword;10
7;Chapter 1. Introduction;12
8;Chapter 2. Self-structure and Social Structure;16
8.1;A Reexamination;16
9;Chapter 3. Self-system: Delineation and Measurement;24
9.1;The Cybernetics of Self-control;24
9.2;The Sociological Perspective;25
9.3;The Psychological Perspective;30
10;Chapter 4. Self and Society Separated: The Tragic Version;38
10.1;The Tragic Version;38
10.2;Alienated Labor;38
10.3;Marcuse;42
10.4;Sociotechnics;44
10.5;The Generation of Self in Modern Society;45
11;Chapter 5. Society Without Self: The Rational Version;50
11.1;The Rational Version;50
11.2;Short Takes and Self-systems;50
11.3;The Looking-glass Process;51
11.4;Role Models;55
11.5;Social Control and Self-structure;56
11.6;Advertising and Motivation in a Short Take Society;57
11.7;Processual Discontinuity and Self-structure;59
11.8;Rites of Passage;59
11.9;Solidarity;61
11.10;Disengagement Routines;62
11.11;The Dramaturgical Society;63
11.12;Summary;67
12;Chapter 6. New Sources of Self;70
12.1;Computer Technology and Shrinking Middle Class Cadre;70
12.2;The Underground Church as a Source of Self;72
12.3;The Freak Community as Neo-Gemeinschaft;76
12.4;The Zodiac Identities;79
12.5;Encounter Groups and Sensitivity Groups;84
12.6;The Higher Learning;87
12.7;Mass Communication;94
12.8;Retirement Communities;97
13;Chapter 7. Private Uses of Self;100
13.1;Corruption: Theory;102
13.2;Corruption: Practice;105
13.3;THE POLITICS OF EXPERIENCE: R. D. LAING;116
14;REFERENCES;118
15;AUTHOR INDEX;122
16;SUBJECT INDEX;124