Rutgers Series on Self and Social Identity

This volume presents an analysis of some of the most fundamental issues facing scholars studying self and identity. Chapters represent the diverse issues, perspectives and controversies inherent in the recent wave of interest in the self, and suggest avenues of analysis and empirical research. This first volume in the Rutgers Series on Self and Social Identity presents a sophisticated and detailed analysis of some of the most fundamental issues facing scholars interested in studying self and identity. Chapters written by a world-class set of social scientists, from the fields of psychology, sociology, and anthropology, represent the diverse issues, perspectives, and controversies inherent in the recent wave of interest in the self, and suggest productive avenues of analysis and empirical research.