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   'Identity' is both a simple 'me' and a much, much deeper philosophical
   topic. These are a few pages on this impenetrable subject done during a
   university course.
     * Identity is...: More than is often thought.
     * Deducing Our Selves: Knowing who we are.
     * Death and Identity: Where does identity go when we die?
     * Ethnicity and Identity: Ethnicity can have a significant effect on
       who you think you are.
     * Elitism, literature and identity: How we all like to feel special.
     * Feminism and Identity: When does gender identity start?
     * Foucault and Identity: The philosopher's view.
     * A History of the Self: Identity through the ages.
     * Identity Conflict: Who am I?
     * Identity Politics: Politics based on a distinct social grouping.
     * Individual and Society: How are selves made in social groups?
     * Institutionalization: Institutions may be strip and remake the
       self.
     * Jung's Archetypes: Shadow, Anima/us, Self.
     * Legal Identity: The law has a very different view on the term.
     * Life Histories: A thread through time that may or may not make
       sense.
     * Masks: Faces we wear on the outside.
     * Mirror Phase: Where identity is formed.
     * Movies and Identity: Why do we like movies? How do they take us in?
     * The Other: Who is not the subject so creates the subject.
     * Personal Name: You are your name.
     * Queer Theory: Destabilizing positions of gender and sexual
       preference.
     * Social Desirability: Seeking liking and approval.
     * The Social Value of Being Different: Being all the same can be
       problematic.
     * Subject: We get called into subject positions.
     * Suture: Stitching the subject into position.

See also

   Sociology, Psychoanalysis, Critical Theory, Emile Benveniste

   Need for a sense of identity, Theories about how we think about
   ourselves, Attachment Theory, Identity crises

   Blogs by subject: Identity

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