Social Identity Notions and Theories

A Reply to Farsides

Bibliographic Data

ID20401577
AuthorsRudolf Schiffmann (Bielefeld University, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume3
Issue2
Pages217-222
Publication date1993-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-3543 • E-ISSN: 1461-7447
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0959354393032005
OpenAlexW2033765317
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

According to Farsides (1993), Schiffmann and Wicklund's (1992) criticism of social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979, 1986) is untenable. In particular, their claim that social identity theory should be abandoned in favour of Tesser's (1980, 1986) self-evaluation maintenance model or Wicklund and Gollwitzer's (1981, 1982) symbolic self-completion theory is rejected by Farsides. In the reply to Farsides, it is shown that his argumentation is not conclusive. In the same vein, Schiffmann and Wicklund's (1992) claim to abandon social identity notions is pursued. Extra-theoretical reasons underlying adherence to these notions are discussed, and a direction for investigating social identity processes more productively is proposed

Aesthetics · Argumentation theory · Criticism · Epistemology · Political science · Social criticism · Social group · Social identity approach · Social identity theory · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology

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