The Sarcophagus of Identity : Tribalism, Nationalism, and the Transcendence of the Self.

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PREFACE -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION -- Larry Armstrong and Johnny Spain -- CHAPTER II INSTITUTIONS AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY -- A Personal Odyssey -- A Child's Journey: Violence, Religion, &amp -- Sex -- The Republic Of Baseball -- CHAPTER III LT. JAMES M. SKELLY, USN V. MELVIN LAIRD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE -- The Devil's Education -- Harassed By a 'Soviet Spy Ship' -- Augustine's Confession -- Good Advice from an Undercover Cop -- Lt. James Skelly, USN v Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense -- Reflections on Law and Identity -- The High‐Ranking Librarian -- CHAPTER IV IDENTITY IN THE WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRADITION -- Identity-Embedded and Disembedded -- Identity Crises -- Hints about the Dystopian Future of 'Identity' -- Emil Kraepelin and His Patient -- CHAPTER V IDENTITY AND MICRO‐POLITICS -- Socialization -- CHAPTER VI NATIONAL IDENTITY: ATTRACTIONS AND FLAWS -- National Identity -- CHAPTER VII CONCLUSION: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? -- The Semiotic Problem of the Self -- How to Proceed -- BIBLIOGRAPHY &amp -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF NAMES.

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