Author: | Vincent Descombes | ISBN: | 9780674495883 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | February 15, 2016 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Vincent Descombes |
ISBN: | 9780674495883 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | February 15, 2016 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
As a logical concept, identity refers to one and the same thing. So how can it describe membership in various groups, as in ethnic and religious identity? Bringing together an analytic conception of identity with a psychosocial understanding, Vincent Descombes demonstrates why a person has more than one answer to the essential question Who am I?
As a logical concept, identity refers to one and the same thing. So how can it describe membership in various groups, as in ethnic and religious identity? Bringing together an analytic conception of identity with a psychosocial understanding, Vincent Descombes demonstrates why a person has more than one answer to the essential question Who am I?