Social Symptoms of Identity Needs
Why We Have Failed to Solve Our Social Problems and What to do About It
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Mental Health
| Author: | Mark Bracher | ISBN: | 9780429919336 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | April 17, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mark Bracher |
| ISBN: | 9780429919336 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | April 17, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Explains how our major social problems, including crime, violence, terrorism, war, substance abuse, and prejudice, are the result of efforts by their perpetrators to maintain a secure identity, or sense of self. It locates the root causes of these social problems and counterproductive responses in certain identity-damaging social and cultural phenomena that force identity to defend and maintain itself by socially harmful means.
Explains how our major social problems, including crime, violence, terrorism, war, substance abuse, and prejudice, are the result of efforts by their perpetrators to maintain a secure identity, or sense of self. It locates the root causes of these social problems and counterproductive responses in certain identity-damaging social and cultural phenomena that force identity to defend and maintain itself by socially harmful means.
