Description
First published in 1982. The problem addressed in this volume is the human pursuit of self-definitions. Self-definitions can vary widely with respect to the context in which they are found, and in regard to who aspires to possess them. Violinist, mother, humanitarian, intellectual, equestrian, and French-speaker are all examples of self-definitions.
Table of Contents
Part I Extending Lewinian Theory; Chapter 1 A Special Part of Human Nature; Chapter 2 Theoretical Beginnings: Task Interruption, Resumption, And Substitution; Chapter 3 Symbolic Self-Completion; Part II II Self-Symbolizing and Social Reality; Chapter 4 The Necessity of Social Reality; Chapter 5 The Constructive Effects of Self-Symbolizing; Chapter 6 The Decay of Interpersonal Relations; Part III Various Forms of Self-Symbolizing; Chapter 7 The Refusal to Admit to Failure; Chapter 8 The Attempt to Influence Others; Chapter 9 The Display of Enduring Symbols; Part IV Conceptual Issues Underlying the Theory; Chapter 10 The Community Reacts to Self-Symbolizing; Chapter 11 Commitment and the Rise of the Self-Definition; Chapter 12 The Psychology of Compensation;
