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Forthcoming Self & Social Identity Books

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Analysing Identity

    Cross-Cultural, Societal and Clinical Contexts

    Edited by Peter Weinreich, Wendy Saunderson

    People's identities are addressed and brought into being by interaction with others. Identity processes encompass biographical experiences, historical eras and cultural norms in which the self's autonomy varies according to the flux of power relationships with others. Identity Structure Analysis (...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Culture and Human Development

    The Importance of Cross-Cultural Research for the Social Sciences

    Edited by Wolfgang Friedlmeier, Pradeep Chakkarath, Beate Schwarz

    As intercultural encounters between people in the modern world become more common, important questions have been raised about the nature of culture-specific differences and similarities. Focusing on the relationship between culture and human development, this timely book offers an interdisciplinary...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

  3. Personality and Social Behavior

    Edited by Frederick Rhodewalt

    Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

    The study of the relationship between the person and the situation has had a long history in psychology. Many theories of personality are set on an interpersonal stage and many social phenomena are played out differently as the cast of characters change. At times the study of persons and situations...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

  4. The Development of the Social Self

    Edited by Mark Bennett, Fabio Sani

    Drawing upon the perspective of social identity theory, The Development of the Social Self is concerned with the acquisition and development of children's social identities. In contrast to previous work on self-development, which has focused primarily on the development of the personal self, this...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

  5. Social Identities

    Motivational, Emotional, Cultural Influences

    Edited by Rupert Brown, Dora Capozza

    The concept of social identity occupies a central position in contemporary social psychology. Social Identities: Motivational, Emotional, Cultural Influences reports recent developments in the analysis of motivational and affective aspects of social identity processes. The book also examines the...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

  6. Religion, Personality, and Social Behavior

    Edited by Vassilis Saroglou

    Psychological interest in religion, in terms of both theory and empirical research, has been constant since the beginning of psychology. However, since the beginning of the 21st Century, partially due to important social and political events and developments, interest in religion within personality...

    To Be Published July 28th 2013 by Psychology Press

  7. Identity and Cultural Diversity

    What social psychology can teach us

    By Maykel Verkuyten

    Identity and Cultural Diversity examines immigration and its effect on diversity from a social psychological perspective. Immigration increases cultural diversity and raises difficult questions of belonging, adaptation, and the unity of societies: questions of identity may be felt by people...

    To Be Published August 7th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Longing, Intimacy and Loneliness

    Edited by Ami Rokach

    This book examines the very basic human need to belong. It looks at the intimacy that is a cornerstone of such belonging and closeness, romantic relationships, which signify belonging in the Western world, and loneliness and love, which are inextricably linked to the subject. The book examines...

    To Be Published September 22nd 2013 by Routledge

  9. Historical Tales and National Identity

    An Introduction to Narrative Social Psychology

    By János László

    Social psychologists argue that people’s past weighs on their present. Consistent with this view, Historical Tales and National Identity outlines a theory and a methodology which provide tools for better understanding the relation between the present psychological condition of a society and...

    To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge

  10. Cultural Realities of Being

    Abstract ideas within everyday lives

    Edited by Nandita Chaudhary, S. Anandalakshmy, Jaan Valsiner

    Series: Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation

    Cultural Realities of Being offers a dialogue between academic activity and everyday lives by providing an interface between several perspectives on human conduct. Very often, academic pursuits are arcane and obscure for ordinary people, this book will attempt to disentangle these dialogues,...

    To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge