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Discuss major theories regarding the nature of personal and social identity
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Discuss major theories regarding the nature of personal and social identity. Richard Jenkins said that 'Without social identity, there is in fact, no Society'. Sociologists see identity as related to the society in which people live. They believe that our identity is formed against a social background, which tries to make social interaction meaningful, understandable and organised by categorising people in order of the group they belong to. Because we are categorised in such a way, we become recognisable as people such as mothers, daughters, students etc. The nature of identity is seen as a social phenomenon and a key factor of our social lives because our identities are also based on where we work, live and the community etc. The concept of identity relates an understanding of what and who we are and also what we and other people believe us to be. In order for us to develop this sense of...
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