Rethinking Identity Fusion
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-46982-4 (ISBN)
Rethinking Identity Fusion presents a critique of Identity Fusion Theory, an identity-based social psychological approach to understanding pro-group extremism. It scrutinises the theory's main theoretical claims and research methods, exposing serious inconsistencies and gaps in how the theory handles the concept of identity and in its research programme. The book demonstrates the flattening of the theory's main concept, "identity fusion", and the general state of confusion in the recent literature as to the theory's claims and predictions.
The book offers a reinterpretation of Identity Fusion Theory through a discursive perspective, critiquing its cognitivist assumptions about the nature of human relationships and identity. In this way, its scope extends to wider critiques of experimental and quantitative methods in contemporary social psychology. It argues that such theoretical and methodological shortcomings, rather than hindering a flawed approach, can accelerate its adoption in social psychology by creating an image of theoretical unity and consistency on top of a field characterised by confusion and contradiction.lt;b> Metodi Siromahov is Lecturer in Psychology at University College London, UK. Dr Siromahov is also the author of The Psychologies of Nationalism (forthcoming)
Annie Hata is a graduate student and research assistant under the supervision of Dr Siromahov at University College London, UK
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: What is Identity Fusion?.- Chapter 3: Fusion Theory's Hard Cognitivism.- Chapter 4: Methodological Shortcomings.- Chapter 5: The Discursive Alternative to Cognitivism.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.02.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XI, 124 p. 4 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 308 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie |
| Schlagworte | discursive psychology • discursive social psychology • experimental social psychology • Extremism • group identity • Hard Cognitivism • Identity Fusion Theory • measures of identification • national identity • Nationalism • Perception and Cognition • pro-group extremism • qualitative social science methodologies • Social Identity • social psychology methodology |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-46982-8 / 3031469828 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-46982-4 / 9783031469824 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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