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   |  |ack) :▼cCNY210.49
020|  |▼a9780231196000▼q(hardback)
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050|00|▼aBF697▼b.Y675 2021
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100|1 |▼aMoeller, Hans-Georg,▼eauthor.
245|10|▼aYou and your profile :▼biden-
   |  |tity after authenticity /▼cHan-
   |  |s-Georg Moeller & Paul J. D\'ambrosio.
260|  |▼aNew York :▼bColumbia Univers-
   |  |ity Press,▼c[2021]
300|  |▼a300 p. ;▼c22 cm.
504|  |▼aIncludes bibliographical ref-
   |  |erences and index.
520|  |▼a"Identity is in many ways at-
   |  | the center of contemporary so-
   |  |ciety, as evidenced not only b-
   |  |y the prevalence of "identity -
   |  |politics" but also by the chal-
   |  |lenges posed to human self-con-
   |  |ception by recent developments-
   |  | in social media, communicatio-
   |  |n technology, and the increasi-
   |  |ng digitalization of life. Per-
   |  |sonal and collective identity,-
   |  | often related to questions of-
   |  | gender, race, sexual orientat-
   |  |ion, or religious affiliation,-
   |  | is constantly questioned, pur-
   |  |sued, acclaimed, and renegotia-
   |  |ted-not so much face to face b-
   |  |ut in a virtual sphere that de-
   |  |mands almost perpetual attenti-
   |  |on and dedication to shaping a-
   |  |nd presenting one\'s personal a-
   |  |nd public "profiles." The age－－
   |  |old question "Who am I" has th-
   |  |us gained new existential, soc-
   |  |iopolitical, and, not least, m-
   |  |oral significance. This book p-
   |  |resents an innovative philosop-
   |  |hical analysis of personal ide-
   |  |ntity. It shows how humans sha-
   |  |ped their self-portraits in th-
   |  |e past and how the "technology-
   |  | of identity"-the means by whi-
   |  |ch we create a picture of ours-
   |  |elves-is undergoing a momentou-
   |  |s sea-change at this very mome-
   |  |nt in history. In premodern ti-
   |  |mes humans defined themselves -
   |  |in terms of sincerity－－by livi-
   |  |ng up to the social roles they-
   |  | occupied in their families an-
   |  |d communities. In the modern w-
   |  |orld authenticity became the m-
   |  |ain paradigm of identity forma-
   |  |tion: humans found their ident-
   |  |ity not so much in the externa-
   |  |l social sphere but rather int-
   |  |ernally in a unique, original,-
   |  | independent self. Today, Moel-
   |  |ler and D\'Ambrosio argue, huma-
   |  |ns create their self-portraits-
   |  | online-usually in the form of-
   |  | various private, professional-
   |  |, economic, and political prof-
   |  |iles, which are then exposed t-
   |  |o "social validation feedback -
   |  |loops"－－likes, clicks, retweet-
   |  |s, and other forms of ratings -
   |  |or rankings. The advantages of-
   |  | profiling－－transparency, visi-
   |  |bility, and self-responsibilit-
   |  |y－－are countered by critics wh-
   |  |o point to the loss of privacy-
   |  |, originality, and individuali-
   |  |ty. The authors intervene in t-
   |  |his debate not by defending on-
   |  |e side or the other, as most c-
   |  |ommentators do, but by outlini-
   |  |ng strategies of maintaining s-
   |  |anity in a "profilic" society -
   |  |by developing capacities to di-
   |  |stance oneself from one\'s publ-
   |  |ic identity and cope with the -
   |  |social pressures and stress re-
   |  |sulting from the demands of so-
   |  |cial media"－－▼cProvided by publisher.
650| 0|▼aIdentity (Psychology)
700|1 |▼aD\'ambrosio, Paul J.,▼eauthor.