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I enjoyed reading this excellent book and am confident that students will be able to comprehend more clearly how their own views are constituted through power
Most of the chapters in this book are set out as helpful argumentative reflections on the relevant topics. These topics map onto the topics of my Social Selves module very well.
Excellent book for understanding the interpretations of the self, this will be recommended to higher level students.
I have recommended this text as core reading material for my course on Identity & Subjectivity. It is the main text for my module, but I did not make it an essential text as it focuses on sociological perspectives. This is an important part of my course, but I have had to recommend other texts to cover psychological aspects of identity. The book is clearly written and my students have commented on its accessible style.
A very useful text which opens up theories of self and society in a very accessible way
A very helpful text to support consideration of self in social rather than purely psychological terms. Helpful for counselling students in understanding the social context of their clients.
Quite an advanced texts for first year undergraduate social psychologists, but I'm going to use the introductory section on 'Society and Self' for a specific session on 'Self and Identity'.
An insightful exploration of both historical and contemporary approaches to notions of self and identity.
A very well written book, covers all aspects of 'self'. Suitable for all Health and Social Care students studying at level 5/6.
Ian Burkitt's book has been included on my PhD student reading list because it is one of the few scholarly studies about self and social indentities. Notions of identity of self and society stretch back to ancient times with Plato's republic but the emphasis on self and society came to prominence with George Herbert Mead's seminal work in the 1930s when he connected the mind, self and society as an embodied conceptualisation of social being.
