Past debates have highlighted the importance of the self to a betterunderstanding of the nature of culture and its relation to power. In his bookJohn Mandalios ... » 

Past debates have highlighted the importance of the self to a betterunderstanding of the nature of culture and its relation to power. In his bookJohn Mandalios incorporates the current _postmodern_ debate on these issueswith a deeper philosophical exploration of identity and cultural formationand the dynamics of social power underlying them. He takes up identityformation within an analysis of the historical social political religiousand psychoanalytical dimensions of civilized life that can be traced back tothe classical world. «