Identity as Self-Interpretation

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-422

  Brinkmann, Svend ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

consumer society; hermeneutics; identity; self interpretation; self realization; social imaginary; social pathologies; Taylor

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849118478     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354308089792     Document Type: Article

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