title: Mental sociality and collective identity: a dialogical analysis of the Indian sense of self.
abstract: This chapter discusses the specific strengths of Dialogical Self Theory for the exploration and explanation of the phenomenon of society of the mind as it is expressed in various intricate, culturally specific discourse strategies among Indians. By focusing on a recent social movement to demonstrate the particularity of cultural processes, personal and collective meanings are explored through interviews of several citizens during a protest. The examples explain how a dramatic event can cause people to react, review, and reconstruct their internal positions related to collective reality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Childhood Studies at Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. nandita.chaudhary@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nandita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003142:Communication; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008606:Mental Processes; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012649:Self Concept; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012933:Social Identification; D012951:Socialization