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Troubled Identity and the Modern World 2009th Edition
Author(s): L. Donskis (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: June 16, 2009
- Edition: 2009th
- Language: English
- Print length: 229 pages
- ISBN-10: 0230607705
- ISBN-13: 9780230607705
Book Description
The book maps what Leonidas Donskis terms 'the troubled identity', that is, the identity that constantly needs assurance and confirmation. Through an identity-building-and-shifting process, argues Donskis, we can move from political majority to cultural minority, or the other way around.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"This is a fascinating book by a fascinating man from a fascinating place." - The Economist
"Leonadis Donskis clearly has much to say of great interest to academics and advanced students from a crucial East/Central European standpoint." - Roland Robertson, University of Essex and University of Pittsburgh
About the Author
LEONIDAS DONSKIS serves as Professor and Dean of Vytautas Magnus University School of Political Science and Diplomacy in Kaunas, Lithuania. In addition, he acts as Docent of Social and Moral Philosophy at the University of Helsinki and also as Extraordinary Visiting Professor of Cultural Theory at Tallinn University, Estonia.
