Identity

'Identity' is both a simple 'me' and a much, much deeper philosophical topic. These are a few pages on this impenetrable subject done during a university course.

Identity is...: More than is often thought.

Deducing Our Selves: Knowing who we are.

Death and Identity: Where does identity go when we die?

Ethnicity and Identity: Ethnicity can have a significant effect on who you think you are.

Elitism, literature and identity: How we all like to feel special.

Feminism and Identity: When does gender identity start?

Foucault and Identity: The philosopher's view.

A History of the Self: Identity through the ages.

Identity Conflict: Who am I?

Identity Politics: Politics based on a distinct social grouping.

Individual and Society: How are selves made in social groups?

Institutionalization: Institutions may be strip and remake the self.

Jung's Archetypes: Shadow, Anima/us, Self.

Legal Identity: The law has a very different view on the term.

Life Histories: A thread through time that may or may not make sense.

Masks: Faces we wear on the outside.

Mirror Phase: Where identity is formed.

Movies and Identity: Why do we like movies? How do they take us in?

The Other: Who is not the subject so creates the subject.

Personal Name: You are your name.

Queer Theory: Destabilizing positions of gender and sexual preference.

Social Desirability: Seeking liking and approval.

The Social Value of Being Different: Being all the same can be problematic.

Subject: We get called into subject positions.

Suture: Stitching the subject into position.

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