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The Future of the Self: Inventing the Postmodern PersonNothing in the world seems more obvious and commonsensical than the modern idea of the singular, bounded, integrated and permanent self. That idea, and the assumptions that go with it, lie at the heart of politics, religion, psychology, and many other fields of human endeavor. Since that concept is so central to every aspect of our everyday lives, it is a development of enormous importance when a society's fundamental idea of self changes dramatically. This has happened before, and it is happening now. The modern self is being challenged in many ways, and the ground is shifting beneath us all.  --The Futurist "A challenging self-help manual of a high order." --Publishers Weekly |
Contents Introduction: Everybody's Identity Crisis Part One: Constructing and Deconstructing the Postmodern Self 1. A Brief History of the Self 2. Twilight of the Modern Self 3. From Modern Self to Postmodern Selves 4. The Selves and Stories of Women Part Two: Visions of the Larger Person 5. The Multitudinous Brain 6. The Shifting Boundaries of the Body 7. When People Are Not Themselves 8. The Chemical Connection Part Three: Toward a Post-Identity Society 9. The Self's Adventures in Cyberspace 10. Post-Identity Ethics 11. The New Economics of Identity 12. The Global Politics of Not Being Had Part Four: Maps of an Undiscovered Land 13. Liberation from the Self: Where East Meets West 14. Futures of the Self |
