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The Saturated Self: Dilemmas Of Identity In Contemporary by Kenneth Gergen

By Kenneth Gergen

Today’s ever-expanding communications applied sciences strength us to narrate to extra humans and associations than ever earlier than, hard the best way we view ourselves and our relations. This robust and provocative ebook attracts from a variety of disciplines—from anthropology to psychoanalysis, from movie and fiction to literary theory—to discover those profound alterations in our knowing of self-identity and their implications for cultural and highbrow life.</Div>

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