Thomas Franck is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International Studies at New York University

Franck's exposition of the evidence supporting his claim that there is an emergent individualist culture is both excellent and informative. erudite and thought-provoking The Empowered Self is a complex book that demands and deserves engaged close reading.

• 1. Tribe, Nation, State: Traditional Forms of Imposed Identity ; 2. The Dreary Future of Imposed Identity: A World of 2,000 States ; 3. A Different Future: Individualism as Identity ; 4. Citizenship: An Instance of Identity as a Personal act of Self-Determination ; 5. Community Based on Personal Autonomy ; 6. Freedom of Conscience: A "Western" Value? ; 7. Constructing the Self: Name, Gender, Career and Privacy ; 8. The Individual as Emerging Rights-Holder ; 9. The Individual Against the Group ; 10. Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility and Their Democratic Reconciliation ; 11. Summing Up

Thomas Franck is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International Studies at New York University

Franck's exposition of the evidence supporting his claim that there is an emergent individualist culture is both excellent and informative. erudite and thought-provoking The Empowered Self is a complex book that demands and deserves engaged close reading.

• 1. Tribe, Nation, State: Traditional Forms of Imposed Identity ; 2. The Dreary Future of Imposed Identity: A World of 2,000 States ; 3. A Different Future: Individualism as Identity ; 4. Citizenship: An Instance of Identity as a Personal act of Self-Determination ; 5. Community Based on Personal Autonomy ; 6. Freedom of Conscience: A "Western" Value? ; 7. Constructing the Self: Name, Gender, Career and Privacy ; 8. The Individual as Emerging Rights-Holder ; 9. The Individual Against the Group ; 10. Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility and Their Democratic Reconciliation ; 11. Summing Up

Thomas Franck is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International Studies at New York University

Franck's exposition of the evidence supporting his claim that there is an emergent individualist culture is both excellent and informative. erudite and thought-provoking The Empowered Self is a complex book that demands and deserves engaged close reading.

• 1. Tribe, Nation, State: Traditional Forms of Imposed Identity ; 2. The Dreary Future of Imposed Identity: A World of 2,000 States ; 3. A Different Future: Individualism as Identity ; 4. Citizenship: An Instance of Identity as a Personal act of Self-Determination ; 5. Community Based on Personal Autonomy ; 6. Freedom of Conscience: A "Western" Value? ; 7. Constructing the Self: Name, Gender, Career and Privacy ; 8. The Individual as Emerging Rights-Holder ; 9. The Individual Against the Group ; 10. Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility and Their Democratic Reconciliation ; 11. Summing Up