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Identity In Question - Audio

by The Open University

This album Investigates recent debates in sociology, cultural theory and psychoanalysis, and explores the nature of social identity, ‘socialisation’, subjectivity and personhood. The case studies explore the value and relevance of different theoretical frameworks for understanding identity by applying the main concepts in real situations. The material is taken from The Open University course D853 Identity in question.

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Episodes

  1. Identity In Question

    A short introduction to this album.

  2. Language Approach

    Why this approach of Identity formation been so influential in cultural studies.

  3. Lacanian Theory

    The centrality of the Lacanian theory within the broader subject of Language approach.

  4. Combining Accounts

    Combining an account of the unconscious with a Foucaldian account of discursive practices.

  5. Kleinian and Object Relations

    Exploring the central concepts of the Kleinian and object relations tradition, and their use in clinical practice.

  6. The Inner World

    Two clinical workers offer personal views of their understanding of the 'Inner World' within the context of Kleinian thought.

  7. Ethics and Psychoanalysis

    The ethical dimensions of psychoanalysis and its relationship to wider cultural forms.

  8. Individual, Person and Self

    The distinctions between the concepts of Individual, Person and Self

  9. Legal Personality

    Exploring the question of why all human beings don't have legal personality.

  10. A History of Persons

    Undertaking a history of persons and exploring what theoretical instruments are needed for guidance, and who can supply them.

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This album Investigates recent debates in sociology, cultural theory and psychoanalysis, and explores the nature of social identity, ‘socialisation’, subjectivity and personhood. The case studies explore the value and relevance of different theoretical frameworks for understanding identity by applying the main concepts in real situations. The material is taken from The Open University course D853 Identity in question.

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Produced by Ben Hawkridge

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