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Mental sociality and collective identity: A dialogical analysis of the Indian sense of self
Author(s) -
Chaudhary Nandita
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cad.20017
Subject(s) - sociality , dialogical self , psychology , identity (music) , social psychology , sense of community , collective identity , sociology , developmental psychology , aesthetics , politics , political science , ecology , philosophy , law , biology
This chapter discusses the specific strengths of Dialogical Self Theory for the exploration and explanation of the phenomenon of society of the mind as it is expressed in various intricate, culturally specific discourse strategies among Indians. By focusing on a recent social movement to demonstrate the particularity of cultural processes, personal and collective meanings are explored through interviews of several citizens during a protest. The examples explain how a dramatic event can cause people to react, review, and reconstruct their internal positions related to collective reality. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.