Takes both the claims of individuality the task of making a life and theclaims of identity these large and often abstract social categories throughwhich we de... » 

Takes both the claims of individuality the task of making a life and theclaims of identity these large and often abstract social categories throughwhich we define ourselves. Adopting a interdisciplinary perspective this bookaims at the cliches and received ideas amid which talk of identity so oftenfounders. «