Identity and Emotion
Development through Self-Organization

Identity and Emotion, first published in 2001, focuses on the individual development of identity and the processes involved.

Harke A. Bosma (Edited by), E. Saskia Kunnen (Edited by)

9780521021562, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2005

284 pages, 6 tables
22.9 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.42 kg

Recent ideas concerning the development of self and identity have stressed the importance of moving away from an approach which is mainly concerned with outcomes, to one which focuses instead on processes of development and, more specifically, on a relational perspective on these processes. Identity and Emotion, first published in 2001, focuses on the individual development of identity and the processes involved. By working from emotions and a dynamic systems perspective the book offers an exciting approach to human identity and its development across the lifespan. The contributors to the book are specialists in this new approach, and offer challenging ideas on the development of identity as a self-organizing process. The book offers a wealth of ideas and insights, but also concentrates on the ways these insights can be translated into research.

1. Introduction E. Saskia Kunnen, Harke A. Bosma, Cor van Halen and Matty van der Meulen
2. Developments in self-concept theory and research: affect, context, and variability Matty van der Meulen
Commentary: the self-concept is dead, long live... which construct or process? Differentation and organization of self-related theories Annerieke Oosterwegel
3. The self and emotions Nico H. Frijda
Commentary: the self and emotions Seymour Epstein
4. Fish, foxes and talking in the classroom: introducing dynamic systems concepts and approaches Paul L. C. van Geert
Commentary: fish, foxes, identity and emotion Linda A. Camras and George F. Michel
5. A rational perspective on the development of self and emotion Alan Fogel
Commentary: the personal experience of coherence Jeroen Jansz
6. Affective processes in a multivoiced self Hubert J. M. Hermans and Els Hermans-Jansen
Commentary: affective processes in a multivoiced self in action Leni Verhofstadt-Denève
7. Old-new answers and new-old questions for personality and emotion: a matter of complexity Jeanette Haviland-Jones, David Beaulifard and Carol Magai
Commentary: emotions as sources of information about the self Peter Heymans
8. Cognitive-emotional self-organization in personality development and personal identity Marc Lewis and Michel Ferrari
Commentary: two faces in identity Carol Magai
9. A self-organizational approach to identity and emotions: an overview and implications E. Saskia Kunnen, Harke A. Bosma, Cor van Halen and Matty van der Meulen.

Subject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology [JM]