Session 5 - Making Sense Of Identity In The 21st Century World
Glyn Harrison argues that our identity might be defined in terms of ‘the story we tell ourselves about ourselves’. This traditionally was derived by reference to the external world – our family, our geography our employment and is an understanding of the self known as ‘the porous self’.
- Share the extent to which you identify with the more modern understanding of self – ‘I get to tell my story in any way I choose’ (the buffered self).
- To what extent do you recognise this version of the self in the people you know and/or see in the media?