LEADER 04032oam 2200685I 450 001 9910454917403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-88932-1 010 $a1-280-32132-6 010 $a0-203-41898-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203418987 035 $a(CKB)111056485516346 035 $a(EBL)170031 035 $a(OCoLC)310464975 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000243701 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11192399 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243701 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10160370 035 $a(PQKB)10574279 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC170031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL170031 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058344 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32132 035 $a(OCoLC)647379904 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485516346 100 $a20180331d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSelf consciousness $ean alternative anthropology of identity /$fAnthony P. Cohen 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1994. 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-14110-0 311 $a0-415-08324-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 The neglected self: anthropological traditions; Positions; Objectives; Why should anthropologists be concerned with the self?; Complex selves; The individual and society; Society : individual:: form : meaning; Self against orthodoxy; 2 The creative self; Self-direction vs. social determinism; Reflecting on the Mbuti reflecting on themselves; Balancing the self: (i) Mbuti, again; (ii) The Utkuhiqhalingmiut Inuit; (iii) The Huichol; Rhetoric and the self; Cultural theories of the self; Conclusion 327 $a3 Initiating the self into societyChildhood; Initiation; Becoming social; Institutions and selves; Naming; 4 Social transformations of the self; Making the 'I' into 'we': (i) Greek marriage; (ii) Organisational membership; Holding on to the self, and resisting the claims of others; 5 The primacy of the self?; Models and muddles of principle and practice; Descent and marriage on Tory Island; Words and world-makers; Culture, boundary, consciousness; 6 The thinking self; Thinking culture; Public forms, private meanings; Thinking through culture; Culturing thought: nation(-state) and self 327 $a7 Individualism, individuality, selfhoodThe indulgent self?; Conservatism and English individualism: a polemic; The massification of individuals, and the right to identity; Novelists and the reflexive self; Non-conclusion; Notes; References; Index 330 $aTraditionally the self and the individual have been treated as micro-versions of larger social entities by the social sciences in general, and by anthropology in particular. In Self Consciousness, Cohen examines this treatment of the self, arguing that this practice has resulted in the misunderstanding of social aggregates precisely because the individual has been ignored as a constituent element. By acknowledging the individual's self awareness as author of their own social conduct and of the social forms in which they participate, this informs social and cultural processes rather th 606 $aPersonality and culture$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aSelf$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aIdentity (Philosophical concept)$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aGroup identity$vCross-cultural studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPersonality and culture 615 0$aSelf 615 0$aIdentity (Philosophical concept) 615 0$aGroup identity 676 $a302.5/4 700 $aCohen$b Anthony P$g(Anthony Paul),$f1946,$0852599 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454917403321 996 $aSelf consciousness$91903815 997 $aUNINA