The Existential Self in SocietyJoseph A. Kotarba, Andrea Fontana University of Chicago Press, 28 de jul. 1987 - 241 pàgines The Existential Self in Society explores the ways in which we experience and shape our individuality in a rapidly changing social world. Kotarba and Fontana have gathered eleven original essays that form an exciting contribution and an ideal introduction to the emerging field of existential sociology. |
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Existential Sociology and the Self | 3 |
Sociological Portraits | 18 |
3 The Emergence Security and Growth of the Sense of Self | 69 |
Is the Member Condemned to Be Free? | 100 |
The Case of Battered Women | 119 |
Exploiting the Embodied Self | 131 |
The Experience of Role Exit and SelfTransformation | 156 |
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