Sociological Flashcards
“Self as the Product of Modern Society”
Clifford Geertz
He said that “The struggle for one’s individuality is only possible in modern society where religiotheological traditions are gradually replaced by rational and scientific calculations”
Clifford Geertz
“Self as Necessary Fiction”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Information Technology dislocates the self, thus, self is digitalized in cyberspace”
Nicola Green
It is how to construct an identity and keep it solid and stable
Modern Problem of Identity
It is how to avoid fixation and keep the operations open
Postmodern problem of identity
Psychosexual stages of development by Sigmund Freud
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genitals
Self as Artistic creation
He Said that “The unity of the self is not something that is pregiven to individuals. It is something that they must accomplish through conscious effort”
Friedrich Nietzsche
He states that “The social conception of the self entails that individual selves are the products of social interaction and not the logical or biological preconditions of that interaction”.
George Herbert Mead
3 activities through which the self is developed
- Language
- Play
- Game
It allows individuals to take on the “role of the other” and allows people to respond to his or her own gestures in terms of the symbolized attitudes of others
Language
Allows individual to take on the roles of other people and pretend to be those other people in order to express the expectations of significant others
Play
It requires the individual to internalize the roles of all others who are involved with him or her in the game and must comprehend the rules of the game.
Game
Two sides of the self
Me and I
It represents the expectations and attitudes of others
Me
Represents the individual’s identity based on response to the “Me”
I
2 faces of the self according to Marcel Mauss
Moi
Personne
It refers to the person’s basic identity, his/her biological giveness
Moi
It composed of the social concepts of what it means to be who he is
Personne
Way of life
Culture
A cultural group within a larger culture
Subculture
He said that the self is the essence of a person: his thoughts, feelings and actions, experiences beliefs, values, principles and relationships
William James
According to William James, it refers to the aspects of someone that come from that person’s experiences.
Me Self
Three sections of Me self
- Material self
- Social self
- Spiritual self