by Jean-Claude Kaufmann · Armand Colin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782209667000
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«L’invention de soi: Une théorie de l’identité» is the sociology essay by Jean-Claude Kaufmann, published by Armand Colin in paperback.
Sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann analyzes how the modern individual, freed from traditional frameworks, must invent himself and give meaning to his life. He reviews the history of the concept of identity and proposes a theory to explain creativity, helplessness and current identity crises.
Work published in 2004, in French, with 351 pages. The author, a sociologist and research director at the CNRS, has published research books on couples and everyday life.
For readers interested in sociology, philosophy and identity theory, and in debates on the individual in contemporary society.
