SOCI 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Homeland Security, Frequency Distribution, Brain Size
3 Mar 2016
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As much as possible, modern people seek to control time. We strive to plan for, and impose, order on the future (6) the construction of self-identity is extended to the physical body (7) construction of self-identity involves letting go of the past and overcoming. Unproductive emotional states (8) morality today is about authenticity (9) life is seen as a series of passages which can be drawn into our autobiography (10) the construction of self-identity is ultimately self-referential. Gidden"s argues that we are responsible for building our own self-identity, but the resources to build this identity are not allocated equally. This refers to the point that we do not choose the social circumstances we live in and we must build utilizing what we have. We are still condemned to build an identity with whatever resources we have & in whatever circumstances we find ourselves .
