The Feeling of Certainty Psychosocial Perspectives on Identity and Difference /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mintchev, Nikolay (Editor), Hinshelwood, R. D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Studies in the Psychosocial
• Subjects: Psychology.; Political sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Personality and Social Psychology.; Self and Identity.; Political Sociology.; Sociology of Racism.

This book explores the concept of certainty, a term which is widely used in everyday language to designate a psychological experience or feeling but is rarely considered controversial or politically charged. The Feeling of Certainty argues that conversely this most ordinary of feelings plays a key r...