The Social Construction of Self

The Oxford Handbook of the Self

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gergen, Kenneth J ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alienated entity; Mental discourse; Michel Foucault; Psychological discourse; Self; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925859328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548019.003.0028     Document Type: Chapter

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