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A Lacanian psychoanalytic interpretation of conflict in Northern Ireland
(2001)
Millar, Adrian
A Lacanian psychoanalytic interpretation of conflict in Northern Ireland
(2001)
Millar, Adrian
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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the power of Lacanian theory to bring to light the unconscious dynamics at work in the formation of ethno-national political identities. I begin by identifying the need for a Lacanian approach to communal identity. I then apply Lacanian psychoanalysis to interviews I have carried out into republicans and loyalists in Belfast, Northern Ireland, highlighting what it is both communities are in denial of as they constitute their self-interpretations. I point out how such denial helps sustain or reproduce relations of domination. I conclude that Lacanian psychoanalysis enhances our understanding and study of inter-religious and ethno-national conflicts and can be readily applied in conflict management.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2158
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A Narratives’ Exploration of Non-traditional International Assignees Locally Resident and Employed in the South of France
(2008)
Crowley-Henry, Marian
A Narratives’ Exploration of Non-traditional International Assignees Locally Resident and Employed in the South of France
(2008)
Crowley-Henry, Marian
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<p>Contemporary publications in international human resource management call for the pluralisation of international assignees beyond the widely described expatriate. This paper presents an under-explored category of international assignees: highly educated, non French, Western (first world) individuals who reside indefinitely in the South of France, maintaining their professional careers while resident in the host country. A sample of over thirty individuals meeting these criteria was interviewed in France in depth over a three year period. These individuals are not migrants as by their own descriptions they consider migrants to have to move internationally (economic migrants) while their decisions to move to and remain in the South of France are extra-economically and more lifestyle anchor related. Rather, they would describe themselves as ‘an English-, Irish-, American- etc. man/woman living in France’. The narratives collected from the sample are analysed int...
http://arrow.dit.ie/buschmarcon/65
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A political profile of Protestant minorities in Europe
(2009)
Coakley, John
A political profile of Protestant minorities in Europe
(2009)
Coakley, John
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This paper uses a large volume of data—in particular, surveys—to explore the character of Protestant identity in contemporary European states. It distinguishes three contexts. First, in the Nordic and certain adjacent states, the dominance of Protestantism was complete, but more recent secularisation has provoked a reaction from Christian parties which enjoy strong support from active Protestants. Second, in certain states which in the past were predominantly Protestant, and where the ethos of the state was aggressively so, a significant Catholic minority was counter-mobilised politically; but as the dominant state-building parties became increasingly secular, committed Protestants reacted in different ways, including the formation of splinter parties (as in the Netherlands and Switzerland) or working within the traditional parties (as in Great Britain and Germany). Third, in a few states there has traditionally been a small Protestant minority which has played a significant role in...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2409
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A puzzle concerning borders and identities: towards a typology of attitudes to the Irish border
(2006)
Todd, Jennifer
A puzzle concerning borders and identities: towards a typology of attitudes to the Irish border
(2006)
Todd, Jennifer
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State borders are typically held to shape categories of national identification. This paper explores this interrelationship in the light of empirical evidence drawn from research in the Irish border area. It begins by outlining a schema, drawn from the literature, which posits a movement from contestation of borders, to institutionalisation, to transgression. It then proceeds to show how this is reflected in scholarly and political interpretations of attitudes towards the Irish border. However, the paper argues that the typology which this schema suggests is not supported by the research, which has found little impact of state borders on categories of national identification. It concludes by arguing for a reinterpretation of the relationship between the character of states, borders and identity formation.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2153
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Becoming: Identity and Spirituality
(2009)
Pecchenino, Rowena A.
Becoming: Identity and Spirituality
(2009)
Pecchenino, Rowena A.
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An individual’s identity answers the questions of who, what, where, and why the individual is. An overall identity is made up of multiple constituent identities. These identities may not be fixed over the life course, but may change as a result of conscious choices as well as serendipity or calamity – life transforming events which cannot be anticipated, which remove what had been the certainties and norms of life, and which can leave the individual disconnected from what had been her past and from her hoped for future. In this paper we develop a two-period behavioral model of an individual whose personal identity is an amalgam of N identities, one or more of which may be spiritual in nature. Some identities are actualized at a point in time and some remain latent. We model how individuals allocate resources among current and hoped for future identities, and how these resource allocation decisions and identity actualizations are affected by the interaction of choices and unanticipat...
http://eprints.nuim.ie/2998/
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Beyond ourselves: Passion and the dark side of identification in an ethical organization
(2010)
Kenny, Kate
Beyond ourselves: Passion and the dark side of identification in an ethical organization
(2010)
Kenny, Kate
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How are organizational discourses enacted by people at work? In this article, instead of treating subjects as somewhat distinct from such discourses, I argue that the two are inescapably intertwined. The concept of 'ek-stasis' helps us to understand this. Ekstasis invokes an idea of the 'self' that, through processes of identification, is always located outside of itself, embedded in a wider sociality. I explore this dynamic through an in-depth study of the powerful discourse of 'ethical living', and its enactment in one contemporary development sector organization, EWH. This ek-static enactment was somewhat ambivalent: involving mutual recognition between colleagues, but also processes of exclusion and policing. I highlight how attention to feeling and passion was important in understanding the relation between workplace discourse and identification processes, in this setting. This study shows that a view of workplace selves as ek-static is useful for ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/2698
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Changing places: privilege and resistance in contemporary Ireland
(2010)
O'Connor, Pat
Changing places: privilege and resistance in contemporary Ireland
(2010)
O'Connor, Pat
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This paper explores the reality of patriarchal privileging and resistance within a society which has undergone dramatic change over the past twenty-five years. Using Foucault's ideas of power and resistance (1980; 1988; 1989) and Connell's ideas of the patriarchal dividend (1995 a and b) it first explores these key concepts. It then draws together a wide range of empirical evidence to document the ongoing reality of patriarchal privileging in the world of paid work and the family in Ireland. It then however identifies and illustrates fourteen analytically different types of resistance including the creation of an alternative power base in the family; facilitating the emergence of new child rearing structures; naming the 'enemy within'; naming aspects of culture which are not 'woman friendly'; whistle blowing; targeting key structures; negative power etc. It concludes by suggesting (drawing on Acker, 1998) that although the institutional structures refle...
http://hdl.handle.net/10344/394
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Choosing identities: the politics and practices of classroom discourse on reproductive and genetic technologies
(2007)
Murphy, Padraig
Choosing identities: the politics and practices of classroom discourse on reproductive and genetic technologies
(2007)
Murphy, Padraig
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In this thesis, I draw on contemporary social theory, media communication studies and discourse analysis to explore how micro-political discussions around identity and new reproductive and genetic technologies (NRGTs) in classroom discussions may be connected to wider discourses. Although biotechnology in Ireland is represented by industry and the healthcare sector as a solution to dsease, Irish public opinion, as well as global discourses from popular culture, literature and film, suggests these technologies may represent a scientific or moral threat to humanity or nature. When biotechnology is raised in biology classrooms, identity is central, as existential questions about the essence of humanity are combined with future visions through genetic screeningtengineering and cloning. Yet science curricula and pedagogy in Ireland rarely opens out to address these perspectives on genes and embryos. Six schools with students aged from 15-17 years were presented with two central activiti...
http://doras.dcu.ie/17001/
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Co-operative Marketing Structures in Rural Tourism: The Irish Case
(2005)
Gorman, Catherine
Co-operative Marketing Structures in Rural Tourism: The Irish Case
(2005)
Gorman, Catherine
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It is recognised that co-operative practises amongst tourism providers creates competitive advantage through utilising and sharing resources. This leads to efficiencies and more effective provision of a valued experience for the visitor. This chapter explores the co-operative practises being utilised by three groups operating within the rural tourism sector in Ireland. It identifies barriers to co-operation and summates that frequent communication and evident benefits are key considerations in implementing an effective co-operative approach.
http://arrow.dit.ie/tfschhmtbook/13
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Ethnicity and religion : redefining the research agenda
(2010)
Todd, Jennifer; Ruane, Joseph
Ethnicity and religion : redefining the research agenda
(2010)
Todd, Jennifer; Ruane, Joseph
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This article maps some of the effects when ethnicity and religion overlap. Sometimes one category, with its related values and solidarity, is prioritised; this is expressed in the common view that religion is subsumed in ethnicity, and religious labels become markers of ethnic groups. Sometimes the effects are additive, each source of distinction and group solidarity strengthening the other. Sometimes there are interactive effects, with dynamic and emergent properties producing a more complex field of relationship. After tracing examples and arguing against a reductive approach, three avenues for future research are highlighted. First, mapping patterns of interrelation of ethnicity and religion in cultural distinction-making and group formation, showing the conditions and effects of each. Second, looking at the longer term historical, state and geo-political conditions for change in these relations. Third, reframing theories and concepts so better to grasp the range of ways religio...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2589
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Europeanisation and hyphe-nation : renegotiating the identity boundaries of Europe’s western isles
(2002)
Hayward, Katy; Howard, Kevin
Europeanisation and hyphe-nation : renegotiating the identity boundaries of Europe’s western isles
(2002)
Hayward, Katy; Howard, Kevin
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This paper explores the feasibility and plausibility of the emergence of an Irish-British form of identification. We examine the possibility of such a hyphenated identity category in the context of those who consider themselves to be Irish whilst residing under the jurisdiction of the British state. The key developments in official recognition of new forms of identification in the Western Isles that may point to the emergence of an Irish-British identity are the inclusion of an “Irish” category in the 2001 British censuses and the recognition of a dual Irish and British identity as part of the Belfast Agreement in 1998. We examine these developments and assess the degree to which they support the notion of hyphenated identities. Our assessment draws a comparison between the meaning of identification in the European context and that of the United States of America and concludes that the continued dominance of territorially-defined national identities in Europe precludes the developme...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2197
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From gombeen to gubeen: tourism, social class and cultural identity in Ireland 1949-1999
(2000)
O'Connor, Barbara; Cronin, Michael
From gombeen to gubeen: tourism, social class and cultural identity in Ireland 1949-1999
(2000)
O'Connor, Barbara; Cronin, Michael
http://doras.dcu.ie/14969/
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Identity commitment in the context of psychosis: a grounded theory study
(2009)
Philbin, Mark
Identity commitment in the context of psychosis: a grounded theory study
(2009)
Philbin, Mark
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In the context of psychosis, persons encounter problems in self-experience and in the ‘social predicament’ posed by psychiatric diagnosis and unwanted identities. This means they are concerned with self-viability: with how to ‘get along with themselves’. The aim of this study was to develop a grounded theory of how persons deal with this concern of self-viability. Using the ‘classical version’ of grounded theory methodology, data were collected through interviews with eighteen persons with experience of psychosis and psychiatric treatment as well as through examination of eleven autobiographies authored by persons who also had first-hand experience of psychosis. Data were collected and analysed according to established grounded theory research procedures of open and selective coding, memo-writing, and theoretical sampling. The essential theoretical discovery associated with this study is that identity commitment is fundamental to how persons deal with their concern for selfviability...
http://doras.dcu.ie/4659/
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Identity, Collective Beliefs, and the Allocation of Resources
(2008)
Jeitschko, Thomas D.; O’Connell, Séamus; Pecchenino, Rowena A.
Identity, Collective Beliefs, and the Allocation of Resources
(2008)
Jeitschko, Thomas D.; O’Connell, Séamus; Pecchenino, Rowena A.
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Humans are social creatures that interact in a number of different and at least partially independent social settings, such as work, home, social and political organisations, and church. In each setting one has an identity, or set of identities, which one is called upon to achieve. To obtain and maintain an identity one must dedicate scarce resources. The benefits of expending these resources may be, among other things, income; wealth; success; prestige; power; security; respect; social acceptance; spiritual fulfillment; and salvation. To better understand how the individual makes his resource allocation decisions given the many possible interactions, both positive and negative, across his identities, changes in collective beliefs defining identity, and the substitutability or complementarity of identities, we develop a simple behavioural model of an individual whose personal identity is an amalgam of two identities. We interpret the model in the context of an individual with a secu...
http://eprints.nuim.ie/2798/
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Identity, collective beliefs, and the allocation of resources
(2008)
Jeitschko, Thomas D.; O'Connell, Séamus; Pecchenino, Rowena A.
Identity, collective beliefs, and the allocation of resources
(2008)
Jeitschko, Thomas D.; O'Connell, Séamus; Pecchenino, Rowena A.
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Humans are social creatures that interact in a number of different and at least partially independent social settings, such as work, home, social and political organisations, and church. In each setting one has an identity, or set of identities, which one is called upon to achieve. To obtain and maintain an identity one must dedicate scarce resources. The benefits of expending these resources may be, among other things, income; wealth; success; prestige; power; security; respect; social acceptance; spiritual fulfillment; and salvation. To better understand how the individual makes his resource allocation decisions given the many possible interactions, both positive and negative, across his identities, changes in collective beliefs defining identity, and the substitutability or complementarity of identities, we develop a simple behavioural model of an individual whose personal identity is an amalgam of two identities. We interpret the model in the context of an individual with a secu...
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/58994
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Images, representations and heritage: moving beyond modern approaches to archaeology
(2006)
Russell, Ian
Images, representations and heritage: moving beyond modern approaches to archaeology
(2006)
Russell, Ian
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This poster describes a new edited volume by Ian Russell. Recent archaeological theory has shown that images of the past have carried a particularly strong resonance within modern social groups. This volume explores the immeasurable impact that the phenomenon of archaeology has had on the representation of the past in the modern world. This volume begins a discourse on the implications of performing archaeology in a world dominated by modern trends of mass production, mass replication and representation of cultural forms and mass consumption of images of the past. The contributors explore to what extent we are experiencing a crisis of representation of the past due to contemporary consumption of mass-produced replicas, simulations, images and experiences of the past. To work through this crisis the contributors in this volume are exploring opportunities for development within archaeological thought and practice. This volume signals a fundamental revision of archaeology - not what it...
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/21779
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Irish border communities : questioning the effects of state borders and ethnonational identities
(2006)
Anderson, James
Irish border communities : questioning the effects of state borders and ethnonational identities
(2006)
Anderson, James
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This paper discusses some of the general problems of differentiating between the effects of state borders and the effects of related ethnonational identity differences, and particularly between the combined effects of ethnicity and borders and the effects of all sorts of other influences on behaviour and attitudes in border communities, including class, gender, age and geographical circumstance. It examines how borders and ethnicity interact with other such influences. Reflecting on the pitfalls in rushing to judgement on territorial and ethnic factors, and on perceived shortcomings in Irish border research, it attempts to avoid these various problems in elaborating a research design for a questionnaire survey of border households in Northern Ireland and the Republic. It devises a basic questionnaire with adaptations for different sides and sections of the border, and a random sampling framework which is stratified by distance from the border, with equal numbers on either side, and ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2176
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Local belonging, identities and sense of place in contemporary Ireland
(2009)
Inglis, Tom
Local belonging, identities and sense of place in contemporary Ireland
(2009)
Inglis, Tom
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What importance does identity with place have in the ongoing construction and redevelopment of personal and social identities? This paper follows on from recent research which suggests that in an increasingly geographically mobile and globalised societies like Ireland, a sense of place is still a strong marker of identity and central to people’s knowledge and understanding of themselves and others. Combining findings quantitative findings from the International Social Survey Project with qualitative findings from a qualitative study of Contemporary Irish Identities, I show that not only is identity with place of living still very strong, but that it is deep and complex and enmeshed with a sense of belonging to the place where people grew up, the wider county and the nation.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2414
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Lost in Translation: Interpreting and Presenting Dublin’s Colonial Past
(2012)
Ryan, Theresa; Quinn, Bernadette
Lost in Translation: Interpreting and Presenting Dublin’s Colonial Past
(2012)
Ryan, Theresa; Quinn, Bernadette
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<p>As Alderman (2010: 90) has recently written, the potential struggle to determine what conception of the past will prevail constitutes the politics of memory. This paper aims to investigate the politics of memory at play in determining how Dublin’s colonial heritage is constructed and represented to tourists. Dublin’s profile as a tourism destination has grown recently. It attracted 5.4 million visitors in 2009 (Fáilte Ireland 2010). Culture and heritage underpin both its touristic appeal and the city’s official efforts to represent itself as a destination. Much of Dublin’s most iconic built heritage is strongly associated with its development as a colonial capital.</p> <p>Many decades after independence, contemporary Ireland is a vastly changed place. Yet the process of dealing with colonial heritage in tourism contexts is not unproblematic. This paper begins to unravel both the construction and the representation of the city as a tourism destination to investi...
http://arrow.dit.ie/tfschmtcon/40
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Masculinity in the Making: Men’s Increased Consumption of Strength Training
(2005)
Sherlock, Roger; Freeman, Olivia; Dunne, Andrew
Masculinity in the Making: Men’s Increased Consumption of Strength Training
(2005)
Sherlock, Roger; Freeman, Olivia; Dunne, Andrew
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<p>This paper explores the relationship between the body, masculinity and the consumption of body-focussed activities. It examines the meaning and importance of strength training for men. Strength training is of interest because its increase in popularity is occurring at a particular point in time when a growing number of men are experiencing insecurities over their masculine identities as a result of recent socioeconomic changes. This paper proposes that men today are facing a dilemma in terms of masculine identity. This dilemma hinges on the growing objectification of the male body in the media and its cultural messages regarding masculinity.</p>
http://arrow.dit.ie/buschmarcon/44
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Nation, gender und die dance hall. Eine irische fallstudie
(2004)
O'Connor, Barbara
Nation, gender und die dance hall. Eine irische fallstudie
(2004)
O'Connor, Barbara
http://doras.dcu.ie/14850/
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No exit? Opting out of religious and ethnic group identities in Northern Ireland
(2009)
Templer, Sara; Mitchell, Claire; Ganiel, Gladys
No exit? Opting out of religious and ethnic group identities in Northern Ireland
(2009)
Templer, Sara; Mitchell, Claire; Ganiel, Gladys
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This paper explores the experiences of people from evangelical Protestant backgrounds in Northern Ireland who have opted out of their religious identity. We are interested in how far it has been possible for people to leave their evangelical faith, and how this extends to a crossing of ethno-national, communal and political boundaries in Northern Ireland. Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted during 2007, the paper analyses how former evangelicals negotiate the formidable barriers to exit constructed by friends, family and wider society. Our aim is to understand more about how structure and agency operate in divided societies, including how individuals negotiate and ultimately establish alternative religious, ethnic and political identities in this context. We argue that most people remain constrained by the culture and social structure of division, and that alternative beliefs and identities remain unrepresented in a society still divided along ethno-religious lines. At the same...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2389
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One state or two? Anticipating opportunities for and obstacles to identity shift
(2009)
Todd, Jennifer
One state or two? Anticipating opportunities for and obstacles to identity shift
(2009)
Todd, Jennifer
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2415
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Pluralist, purified or private : protestant identification and political change in Northern Ireland
(2002)
Mitchell, Claire
Pluralist, purified or private : protestant identification and political change in Northern Ireland
(2002)
Mitchell, Claire
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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the responsiveness of national and religious identifications to political change amongst Protestants in Northern Ireland. I begin by theorising identification as a process of working out our ideas of self, others and place in which political change compels a rethinking of identity from the bottom up. I proceed to outline how the Good Friday agreement changes the political landscape from the perspective of the Protestant community. Then, based on a narrative analysis of interview data collected in 2000, I map three main directions of change amongst Protestants as people come to accept, reject or ignore political developments after the agreement. I conclude that Protestant identifications can open up and transform where people have had positive social experiences with the “other”, and feel that their future position in Northern Ireland is not tethered to communal membership. Conversely, identifications become more oppositional or private where p...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2201
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Preferences, Choice, Goal Attainment, Satisfaction: That’s Life?
(2011)
Pecchenino, Rowena
Preferences, Choice, Goal Attainment, Satisfaction: That’s Life?
(2011)
Pecchenino, Rowena
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We make choices to achieve an objective. The objective is defined by an individual’s preferences. Subject to constraints, the objective is approached or achieved. Is this a good characterization of life? To answer this question we weaken one of the most basic assumptions of economics: individuals know their preferences. Instead we assume that an individual’s preferences are shaped and reshaped by his environment, experiences, expectations, and by exogenous events. In this model of individual self-discovery, preferences emerge, evolve, and change. These redefinitions change the future course of the individual’s life and reinterpret his past. They characterize a life lived.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/1883/
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