Self, Identity, and Social Institutions

This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual actualizes and sustains an integrated and stable self while navigating the sometimes treachero

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Other books by Neil MacKinnon: Symbolic Interactionism as Affect Control. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994. David Heise: Causal Analysis. New York: Wiley, 1975. Understanding Events: Affect and the Construction of Social Action. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Expressive Order: Confirming Sentiments in Social Actions. New York: Springer, 2007. Surveying Cultures: Discovering Shared Conceptions and Sentiments. New York: Wiley, 2010.

Self, Identity, and Social Institutions Neil J. MacKinnon and David R. Heise

SELF, IDENTITY, AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Copyright © Neil J. MacKinnon and David R. Heise, 2010. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-62179-4 All rights reserved. First published in 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-38354-2 ISBN 978-0-230-10849-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230108493 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data MacKinnon, Neil Joseph, 1944– Self, identity, and social institutions / Neil J. MacKinnon, David R. Heise. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Self. 2. Identity (Philosophical concept) 3. Social institutions. 4. Social psychology—Philosophy. 5. Affect (Psychology) 6. Social role. I. Heise, David R. II. Title. BF697.M2275 2010 302.5—dc22 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: April 2010 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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CON T E N T S

List of Figures

vii

Preface

ix

One

Introduction

Two

Cultural Theories of People

1 19

Three Identities in Standard English

49

Four

Language and Social Institutions

73

Five

The Cultural Self

95

Six

The Self ’s Identities

131

Seven Theories of Identities and Selves

163

Eight

Theories of Norms and Institutions

199

Nine

Social Reality and Human Subjectivity

219

Notes

235

References

241

Author Index

253

Subject Index

257

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F IGU R E S

1.1 Schematic Diagram of Institutions, Roles, and Selves, Interrelated through Semiotic and Behavioral Functioning 2.1 A Fragment of an Identity Taxonomy 2.2 Set-Subset Representation of a Fragment of an Identity Taxonomy 3.1 Ten Most Augmented Kinds of Person in English 3.2 Varieties of Identities in English 5.1 Schematic Diagram of Individuals within a Cultural Theory of People 5.2 Summary of Self-Processes. Block Arrows can be Read as “contributes to”; Line Arrows Can Be Read as “Gen