Analysing Identity out in paperback
11 December 2012
All those who are interested in Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) and understand that we need an alternative to describing ‘kinds’ of people should have a copy of this reference work in your library.
"This grand project is both helpful and enlightening. Congratulations to all concerned on a mighty piece of work.” (Rom Harré; University of Oxford / University of Georgetown; Washington DC)
Ipseus software
Contents
All those who are interested in Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) and understand that we need an alternative to describing ‘kinds’ of people should have a copy of this reference work in your library.
“Each person is unique, an individual unlike any other. The problem to which this book is devoted is to devise a system for describing people that does justice to ways in which each person is similar to others and to ways in which each human being is unique.” (Rom Harre).
Analysing Identity: Cross-cultural, Societal and Clinical contexts; Peter Weinreich and Wendy Saunderson (Eds.)
Hove: Routledge & Psychology Press (Taylor & Francis).
Paperback ISBN 978-0-415-64581-2, published 15th Dec 2012, price £28.00 / $49.95.
Hardback ISBN 978-0-415-29897-1, price £65.00 / $105.00.
"This volume provides a coherent and interesting exposition of Identity Structure Analysis, a research procedure developed over the past several decades. To my knowledge, there is no existing publication that explores this procedure in anything like the depth that is presented here." (Peter B. Smith, University of Sussex)
"This grand project is both helpful and enlightening. Congratulations to all concerned on a mighty piece of work.” (Rom Harré; University of Oxford / University of Georgetown; Washington DC)
"I am confident that ISA provides an extraordinary and powerful resource for the field [of traumatology] that will force a paradigm shift in the way we understand, assess, and treat the traumatized." Charles Figley, Florida State University, and Editor of Traumatology
This innovative book will appeal to academics and professionals in developmental, social, clinical and educational psychology and psychotherapy.
It will also be of interest to those involved with sociology, political science, gender studies, ethnic studies and social policy.
Ipseus software
Of particular note is the availability of new software, Ipseus, which facilitates ISA for use by practitioners and enables them to enhance their professional skills by ascertaining their clients’ perspectives on self as it is located in the social world. A basic version of Ipseus is available at www.ipseus.com/software/ipseusSetup.msi and will soon be available at www.identityexploration.com with sample instrument and supporting material.
Ipseus has been successfully used with pre-school three to five year-old children, and all other age-ranges through childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Ipseus is designed to be used in inter-cultural contexts and appeals to practitioners for their input for the generation of customized identity instruments.
Contents
Part 1: Theory and Practice. P. Weinreich, Identity Structure Analysis. P. Weinreich, Identity Exploration: Theory into Practice.
Part 2: Cross-cultural Issues. P. Weinreich, V. Bacova, N. Rougier, Basic Primordialism in Ethnic and National Identity. G. Horenczyk, S. Munayar, Complex Patterns of Cultural Allegiances: The Ethnic Identity of Palestinian Christian Arab Adolescents in Israel.
Part 3: Societal Issues. K. Stapleton, J. Wilson, Grounding the Discursive Self: A Case Study in ISA and Discursive Psychology. M. Wager, Complex Identities: The Case of Academic Women. W. Saunderson, The City, Gender and Identity. H. Irvine, Adults Returning to Education: Gender and Identity Processes. A. MacNabb, Enterprising Identities: Gender and Family Influences.
Part 4: Clinical Issues. P. Harris, Identity Formulation and Reformulation in Clinical Assessment and Therapy. W. Saunderson, M. O'Kane, Anorexia Nervosa: Analysing Identity for Predisposing, Precipitating and Perpetuating Factors. S. Black, P. Weinreich, An Exploration of Counselling Identity in Counsellors Who Deal with Trauma. P. Weinreich, Coda.