Self, Identity, and Collective Action

Francine Tremblay is professor at Concordia University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

-The Appearance of Identity in Our Vocabulary

-Theoretical Framework and Epistemological Choices

-René Descartes and Modernity

-Émile Durkheim and the Individual

-Conversations Procedures

Chapter One: Theoretical Framework

-George Herbert Mead and the Genesis of the Self

-Historical Notes

-The Mind: Undoing Dualism

-Language: From Gestures to Symbols

-Building the Self

-The Making of the Unique Self

-Action: The Moment of I Become an Actor

-Moral Identity: Who I Am is Defined by What I Do

-Autonomy

-Reduction of Suffering

-Everyday Life

-Moral Identity: A Work in Progress

-The Luxury of Introspection

-Recognition

Chapter Two: The Making of Marginalized Identities: From the French Revolution to Now

-The French Revolution and the Aftermath

-The Problem of Representation

-The Masses as Numbers

-La Misère

-Organized Workers

-Madness

-Industrialization

-Sexuality

-Drug Scares

-Power

-Identities and the Medical Discourse

-Race, Self and Identity

Chapter Three: The Virtual Selves

-Playing with Reality

-The Self and the New Panopticon

-The Worldwide Shopping Mall

-Virtual Discussion and Moral Identity

-Online Activism

-Discussion

Chapter Four: Self, Identity and Collective Action

-Resource Mobilization Theory (RMT)

-New Social Movement Theory (NSMT)

-Identity and Framing

-Actors and Collective Identity

-Emotion: Time to Give the Untamed Element its Rightful Place

-Mobilization – the Statues are Down. Now What?

Conclusion: A Conversation with James Dalton

-Theory

-Technology and Social Media

Bibliography

About the Author