The Singular Self: An Introduction to the Psychology of Personhood Book

NB there's a review This landmark work draws on material from psychology, philosophy, anthropology and linguistics to develop a hierarchical and structured concept of personhood. Rom Harr[ac]e shows that despite the centrality of our social and cultural identities, the self must ultimately be understood as autonomous, distinct and continuous - as a shifting but unified pattern of multiplicities and singularities.This masterly analysis offers an opportunity to develop a truly scientific account of personhood. By charting a path across the psychological landscape that acknowledges both the symbolic and the physiological aspects of our being, from language to biology, Harr[ac]e maps the terrain of what it is to be a person in the context of discursive psychology.The Singular Self is a profound reappraisal of the many-sided concept of self. It makes transparent the deep and subtle aspects of the interplay between private and public ways of being one, and only one, person in the multiple contexts of everyday life. It is an interdisciplinary tour de force that will influence the development of psychology for years to come.Read More