1986/06/01 by Andrew J. Weigert
Social Sciences · #Social Power and Status Dynamics #Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice #Critical Realism in Sociology
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1986.tb00255.x
Identity has emerged as a powerful contemporary concept for social and psychological approaches to the perennial question of defining the human individual. This article attempts to ground the understanding of identity by a discussion of its modes, sources, and metadynamics from a pragmatic social constructionist orientation.