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Being and Identity

In: Encyclopedia of Identity
Edited by: Ronald L. Jackson II & Michael A. Hogg
Subject:Self & Identity, Identity, Self & Identity

The notion of being is principally related to the here and now, but it is philosophically linked to meanings human beings attach to existence. In other words, the way we behave and act in the world are not by happenstance. We are taught how to be. We are imbued with meanings and interpretations that may not predetermine our lives but certainly affect how we interpret our place and selves in the world. This undeniably influences identities, because our ignorance or awareness of being suggests something ...

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  Jackson, R. L., & Hogg, M. A. (2010). Being and identity. In Encyclopedia of identity (Vol. 1, pp. 60-61). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979306.n21
  
  Jackson, Ronald L., and Michael A. Hogg. "Being and Identity." In Encyclopedia of Identity, edited by Jackson, Ronald L., and Michael A. Hogg, 60-61. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979306.n21.
  
  Jackson, R. L. and Hogg, M. A. 2010. Being and Identity. In: Ronald L. Jackson and Michael A. Hogg Editors, 2010. Encyclopedia of Identity, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 60-61 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979306.n21> [Accessed 7 Aug 2022].
  
  Jackson, Ronald L. and Michael A. Hogg. "Being and Identity." Encyclopedia of Identity. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010, pp. 60-61. SAGE Knowledge. 7 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979306.n21.
  
  Jackson, Ronald L., and Michael A. Hogg (2010). Being and identity In:Being and identity Encyclopedia of identity Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2010:60-61. doi:10.4135/9781412979306.n21
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