Object or Person
The Difference Lies In the Constructed Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12644285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Phillips (0000-0003-4998-0938, Phillips University, corresponding author), Paul A Phillips, Norm Kelk (The University of Sydney), Maureen H Fitzgerald (0000-0003-4113-9343) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 162-171 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Occupational Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1442-7591 • E-ISSN: 2158-1576 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14427591.2007.9686597 |
| OpenAlex | W1969262937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
The article examines the fundamental theory behind being a person rather than an object. Taking Rubin's (1988) and Jackson's (1998a) rejection of role theory as an intermediary between actor and action, the authors propose agency and its acknowledgement as an alternative. In support of their argument they draw on Plato, Foucault and Descartes, as well as data gathered using an ethnographic approach in a village in Scotland. They conclude that constructed identity, which develops from a person's agency and others’ acknowledgments of that agency, has greater explanatory power than the theories of role, occupational role, identity, occupational identity, and distributed self
Acknowledgement · Action (physics · Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Argument (complex analysis · Epistemology · Ethnography · Explanatory power · Identity (music · Object (grammar · Power (physics · Self · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Conjectures and Refutations
Defining Lives
Becoming a Mother Versus Maternal Role Attainment
Stigma
Structure of Social Action
Obedience to authority
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Objective Knowledge
Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason, and seeking truth in the sciences
The Order of Things
Archaeology of Knowledge
The hidden disability dilemma for the preservation of self
Contemporary criticisms of role theory
Is there a place for role theory in occupational science
Street Shouting and Shunning
Essays in Sociological Theory
Sources of the self
Behavioral Study of obedience
Mind, Self, and Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |