Individual Self, Relational Self, Collective Self

Constantine Sedikides, Marilynn B. Brewer

'A delightfully deep and comprehensive examination of all the parts that make up the self. An enviable long list of insightful and creative scholars from North America and Europe provide a number of compelling, and sometimes contradictory, treatments of what the self is all about. This is surely a collection of essays that will prompt a good number of arguments inside the heads of the readers.' - David Dunning, Cornell University 'The collection is unusual in that the contributors all explicitly address a common theme - the interface of the individual, interpersonal, and collective self - through descriptions of their own work. The chapters draw very different conclusions about which aspect of the self - individual, collective, or interpersonal - is primary, and how those aspects interact. This results in a very stimulating volume - a must-read for researchers and graduate students in the field.' - Jennifer Crocker, University of Michigan 'For this volume, [the editors] have recruited some of the best thinkers in this area to provide a broad, integrative and intelligent look at these multiple, often interacting facets of the self. Individual Self, Relational Self, Collective Self is among the most comprehensive and authoritative collections on the psychology of self. Persons interested in what systematic theory and research says about how the self is defined and functions will certainly want to be familiar with its contents.' - Abraham Tesser, University of Georgia

• Prologue. Preface. C. Sedikides, M.B. Brewer, Individual Self, Relational Self, and Collective Self: Partners, Opponents, or Strangers? Part I: The Individual Self asBasis for Self-definition.C. Sedikides, L.A. Gaertner, A Homecoming to the Individual Self: Emotional and Motivational Primacy. S. Klein, A Self to Remember: A Cognitive Neuropsychological Perspective on How Self Creates Memory and Memory Creates Self. E.T. Higgins, D.May, Individual Self-regulatory Functions: It's Not "We" Regulation, but It's Still Social. Part II: TheRelational and Collective Selves as Bases forSelf-Definition.D.M. Tice, R.F. Baumeister, The Primacy of the Interpersonal Self. A. Aron, T. McLaughlin-Volpe, Including Others in the Self: Extensions to Own and Partner's Group Memberships. E.R. Smith, S. Coats,J, J. Murphy, The Self and Attachment to Relational Partners and Groups: Theoretical Parallels and New Insights. M.A. Hogg, A Social Identity and the Sovereignty of the Group: A Psychology of Belonging. Part III: International Perspectives on the Individual,Relational and Collective Self.R.S. Onorato, J.C.Turner, The "I", the "Me" and the "Us": The Psychological Group and Self-concept Maintenance and Change. R.Spears, The Interaction Between the Individual and the Collective Self: Self-categorization in Context. B.Simon, C. Kampmeier, Revisiting the Individual Self: Towards a Social Psychological Theory of the Individual Self and the Collective Self. M.B. Brewer, S. Roccas, Individual Values, Social Identity, and Optimal Distinctiveness. Part IV: Integrative Models.L.R.Caporael, Parts and Wholes: The Evolutionary Importance of Groups. H.C. Triandis, D. Trafimow, Cross-national Prevalence of Collectivism. Y. Kashima, E. Kashima, J.Aldridge, Towards Cultural Dynamics of Self-conceptions. K. Deaux, T. Perkins, The Kaleidoscopic Self. Epilogue. D. Prentice, The Individual Self, Relational Self, and Collective Self: A Commentary.