Lecture 3 : Ident!ty
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What !s an !dent!ty ?
Accord!ng Merr!am Webster D!ct!onary the def!n!t!on
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to the ,
Who
of !dent!ty !s
you are ,
the Way you th!nk about yourself ,
the are v!ewed by the word and the character!st!cs
Way you
that def!ne you
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already See popp!ng up
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we can several structures th!s
def!n!t!on :
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how see
yourself I how others See
you you
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!nd!v!dual / Collect!ve ( for example : !nd!v!dual : anx!ous [ 001
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Collect!ve : race
, gencler )
gender racelethn!c!ty.class.fam!ly.nat!onal!ty.SI udy Work
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, , ,
rel!g!on
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parents ,
trad!t!ons , peers ,
role Models , government , pol!t!cs ,
technolog!e S med!a ( those are all elements
, . . .
that playan
!mportant role!nmold!ngour!dent!t.es ) .
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Change ( wh!le Ident!t!es always
.
cont!nu!ty + we talk about . !t's
a Matter of ( ont!nu!ty : we are Ourselves throughout Our l!ves &
change :
every person goes through Changes )
, The of !dent!ty has been stud!ed d!sc!pl!ne s
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not!on !n var!ous .
Ph!losophy bra!n / M!nd bra!n / SOUI
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Metaphys!cs (
ontology ) Who I ? What !s of
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essence
: am
my
be!ng ? what !s real!ty ?
Ax!ology ( aesthet!cs / eth!cs ) What do I value beaut!ful /
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: as
good / bad ?
Ugly or
Ep!stemolog y how do
Myself / others / the world ? how
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: I Know
do I Know what I Know ? >
th!s w!ll be the b!ggest branch
for
that !s
actually underly!ng the text th!s Week .
Psychology self !dent!ty self self reflect!on exper!ences
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awareness ,
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, ,
feel!ng Memor!es ,
Soc!ology & rules
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:
group
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!dent!ty , normal-! ve values
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Sc!ence med!al def!n!t!on from phrenology
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,
to
genet!cs
, Ident!ty med!c!
a.
!n theory
Ident!ty Construct!ons
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as
What of !dent!ty
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alt the quest!ons that
we
actually See !n !s
though talk about the of
even somet!mes we essence our
be!ng
someth!ng !nternal ly lot of what
as that !s
always Ours ,
a
Construct Ident!t!es are !n they are
part of
Our a
process ,
a
Construct !on.IT 's not
always a Consc!ous Construct!ons we
.
are
constantly !nfluence d by alt K!nds of d!fferent took of d!scourses
who
that
actually mold we are .
M!chel Foucault ( 1975 )
"
D!sc!pl!ne and Pun!sh
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h!s
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!n :
Human
be!ngsaremolded!ntosubjectsl!dent!t!.es ) through
d!fferent Soc!al Knowledge systems ( such as Schools , hosp!tals ,
fam!l!es ) that have power to Move us to do Someth!ng !n th!s
Way rather than another
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What Foucault !s
say!ng : there M!ght not be an exact descr!pt!on
about what / who are because we are
constantly be!ng molded
you
!nto Our
be!ng : !t !s not f!xed ,
!t !s a
process .
Med!a
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!dent!ty
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are also Soc!al Knowledge systems that mold .
( for example : the rate of selt!es w!th the help of self!es.ve can
Mold Our
appearance s !n the aesthet!c level ) .
