Self

Self

MAINSTREAM
1. Locke (1694)
  1. Self - separate from social, an observable phenomenon
    1. SELF is individualistic and dualistic
  2. Lockean self - fixed, conscious, self-aware
2. Mead
  1. Double Self - "Me" - the self as object - when others are watching and "I" - the self as subject - the agency in A-S dualism
    1. Moving towards a social self
    2. Both Goffman & Mead
3. Goffman (1959)
  1. 3 aspects of self - like an actor in a play - PERFORMER, AUDIENCE, CHARACTER
    1. emphasised how SELF emerged from social interaction
4. The CRITICAL post-modern approach
  1. SITUATED KNOWLEDGES - Mainstream makes UNIVERSAL CLAIMS that only apply to WESTERN CULTURE.
  2. INDIVIDUAL-SOCIETY DUALISM - The SELF is inseparable from the social
  3. SELF is not fixed - dynamic, fluid, exists as an ongoing process
THE DISCURSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF
1. The Self exists only in language and discourse
  1. Interviews, Discourse analysis, rhetorical analysis
  2. IINDIVIDUAL-SOCIETY DUALISM -Self is inseparable from the social world
  3. POWER - is in LANGUAGE not individuals
  4. AGENCY-STRUCTURE DUALISM - people can choose to accept/reject cultural discourse
  5. goes beyond I and ME
THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL SELF
1. Studies people's SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE rather than objective reality
2. TWO CORE CONCEPTS
  1. DASEIN -being in the world
    1. Husserl
  2. LIFEWORLD - life and world are one
3. SEIERSTAD (2004)
  1. MARKET SHOPPING IN BURKAS
    1. 3 STEPS OF PHENOM. METHOD
      1. EPOCHE -avoiding interpretation
      2. DESCRIPTION not INTERPRETATION
      3. HORIZONTALIZATION - everything is equal
4. ASHWORTH & ASHWORTH (2003)
  1. Alzheimers sufferer
    1. The other is a subject in the world - A MINDED BEING like myself
    2. The world is intersubjectve - there for everyone
    3. There is reciprocity of perspective - people can see each other;s mental perspective
  2. CHARLESWORTH (2000)
    1. WORKING CLASS EXPERIENCE
      1. working class men in Rotherham
5. GOES BEYOND INDIVIDUAL-SOCIETY DUALISM
  1. individual + social = LIFEWORLD
  2. POWER IN EXPERIENCE of individual being empowered or diempowered
THE SOCIAL PSYCHOANALYTIC SELF
1. UNCONSCIOUS information about HIDDEN SELF
  1. INTERSUBJECTIVITY
    1. Self is made up from introjected parts which flow dynamically between people
    2. Focus is on the UNCONSCIOUS
2. HOLLWAY & JEFFERSON, (2005)
  1. VINCE'S CHOICE
    1. FREE ASSOCIATION - Goes beyond conscious intention and restrictions of semi-structured interviews
      1. Allows Vince to structure his own story and UNCONSCIOUS MOTIVATIONS
        Only FREE ASSOCIATION can do this
  2. TURP (2004)
    1. ESTHER'S SELF WORTH
      1. She has INTROJECTED a GOOD OBJECT (her Father's pleasure)
        NON-LINGUISTIC, UNSELFCONSCIOUS aspects of self are expressed through THE BODY (e.g. rubbing noses)
3. Mainstream
  1. Vince is a hardworking man forced to stop work through illness
4. Social Psychoanalytic
  1. Vince got what he wanted through the body
  2. HIS CONFLICT- He fears not having a job VS. He hates his job
    1. MIND/BODY SPLIT
5. Intersubjectivity goes beyond INDIVIDUAL-SOCIETY DUALISM
  1. POWER lies within the UNCONSCIOUS
    1. The Mind/Body split goes beyond AGENCY- STRUCTURE DUALISM

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