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Critically evaluate the sociological accounts of how individuals acquire their identities through the process of socialization.
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Critically evaluate the sociological accounts of how individuals acquire their identities through the process of socialization. The identity refers to the sense that someone has of who they are, of what is most important about them. There is strong relationship between the acquirement of the identity by individuals and the process of socialization. In the article, I will critically evaluate how does this acquirement take place, by contrasting the Social-action perspective and Social-structure perspectives, which are both criticized by the Feminist; and brought together by using Gidden's concept of structuration. In general, we can define there are two kinds of identity for each individuals in the society. The personal identity, it refers to how a personal think about others; and the social identity, it refers how they are perceived by others. These two kinds of identity help the individual to create the society in one hand, on the other hand, make the...
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