Youth in Contemporary India Images of Identity and Social Change
This book endeavors to be a study of identity in Indian urban youth. It is concerned with understanding the psychological themes of conformity, rebellion, individuation, relatedness, initiative and ideological values which pervade youths’ search for ident
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Parul Bansal
Youth in Contemporary India Images of Identity and Social Change
Parul Bansal Psychology Lady Shri Ram College for Women New Delhi, India
ISBN 978-81-322-0714-6 ISBN 978-81-322-0715-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-0715-3 Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012946204 # Springer India 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To My Parents, who made me who I am and Nitin, who believed I could be more!
To develop a sense of identity and fidelity in youth is a joint task of the consistency of individual life history and the ethical potency of the historical process. . . . . .Diversity and fidelity are polarized: they make each other significant and keep each other alive. Fidelity without a sense of diversity can become an obsession and a bore; diversity without a sense of fidelity, an empty relativism. Erik H. Erikson Identity: Youth and Crisis
Foreword
This book is a research text about youth in India. It explores their choices, roles, commitments, values, goals, motivations, emotions, desires and fantasies. It attempts to formulate and represent their life stories by delving in their inner worlds.
My Personal Journey The idea of this book was born out of a coalescing of disp
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