Sociology 2233 Lecture 5: Part 5 Notes Erikson

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2233
• Professor: Darren Rainhard

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See handout (cid:498)the identity phase and its virtue, fidelity(cid:499) I realize that there is something about me that is not bound to either my personal relationships with others, nor to the roles and statuses i occupy (at the level of social structure). Below discusses the relationship between reflexive distancing and ego identity creating the (cid:498)who am i? (cid:499) Reflexive distancing: by psychologically distancing myself from my current and possible future social and personal identities, i can for the first time ask myself who i am in a phenomenological/ fundamental sense. More than commitments freely pledged, fidelity is understood as an intention to make a commitment irrespective of if a commitment is actually made. Intra personal tied to (cid:498)who am i? (cid:499) Inter personal - tied to (cid:498)who i ought to be and who i ought be in relation to others? (cid:499)