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Synopsis
Do you know yourself well enough to clearly delineate your views, attitudes and values, describe from whence they came, and understand and accept why they change? Layder (formerly sociology, U, of Leister) describes the basic needs that form personal identity, the roles of emotion and daily events, and the limits of approaches that deny the existence of the self. He covers the roles of desire and control, the ways self-identity affect relationships with others, the influence of personal worlds and private feelings, and the notion that the self is in fact an emergent narrative. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR