{"product_id":"the-development-of-a-postmodern-self-a-computer-assisted-comparative-analysis-of-personal-documents-contributions-in-sociology-0313254583","title":"The Development of a Postmodern Self: A Computer-Assisted Comparative Analysis of Personal Documents (Contributions in Sociology)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0313254583\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood, Michael R.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWood and Zurcher suggest that the social self--its experience and organization--reflects the great transformation of society from industrial to postindustrial. . . . Wood and Zurcher have contributed to our social psychological understanding of self-development in several ways. They pack information about theories of modern self-hood into a well-researched and accessible book. Readers will find a resource on theories of the postmodern self here. The authors also introduce a creative use of computerized content analysis, which they successfully demonstrate by transforming personal documents into social scientific data.Contemporary SociologyAccording to various observers, the postmodern self represents changes in contemporary culture--from rationality and unemotional performance to irrationality and mysticism; from institutional standards and duty-to-society to individual standards and duty-to-self; from structure and stability to transience and experimentation. Through an analysis of diaries from nineteenth- and twentieth-century Americans, this study deals with the nature of the postmodern self. It provides a framework for understanding the ideas that collectively comprise postmodern self theory and presents empirical data concerning its historical validity. The book reflects the use of a computer approach in which the statistical incidence of particular words is examined over time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737123488032,"sku":"NEW0313254583","price":89.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51aZEFniIEL.jpg?v=1779551198","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-development-of-a-postmodern-self-a-computer-assisted-comparative-analysis-of-personal-documents-contributions-in-sociology-0313254583","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}