Troubled Identity and the Modern World
Leonidas Donskis
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Description for Troubled Identity and the Modern World
Hardcover. The book maps what Leonidas Donskis terms 'the troubled identity', that is, the identity that constantly needs assurance and confirmation. Through an identity-building-and-shifting process, argues Donskis, we can move from political majority to cultural minority, or the other way around. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 420.
The book maps what Leonidas Donskis terms 'the troubled identity', that is, the identity that constantly needs assurance and confirmation. Through an identity-building-and-shifting process, argues Donskis, we can move from political majority to cultural minority, or the other way around.
The book maps what Leonidas Donskis terms 'the troubled identity', that is, the identity that constantly needs assurance and confirmation. Through an identity-building-and-shifting process, argues Donskis, we can move from political majority to cultural minority, or the other way around.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230607705
SKU
V9780230607705
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99-15
About Leonidas Donskis
LEONIDAS DONSKIS serves as Professor and Dean of Vytautas Magnus University School of Political Science and Diplomacy in Kaunas, Lithuania. In addition, he acts as Docent of Social and Moral Philosophy at the University of Helsinki and also as Extraordinary Visiting Professor of Cultural Theory at Tallinn University, Estonia.
Reviews for Troubled Identity and the Modern World
"This is a fascinating book by a fascinating man from a fascinating place." - The Economist "Leonadis Donskis clearly has much to say of great interest to academics and advanced students from a crucial East/Central European standpoint." - Roland Robertson, University of Essex and University of Pittsburgh