The Identity Diffusion as a Process of Alienating Actuality(<Special Issues 2> Is the concept of identity available?)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe Erikson's identity concept by comparing with Berger's and Brankenburg's theory. Erikson described identity concept as a solution of a crisis in late adolescence, which is called "identity diffusion". So, an insoluble crisis leads to a loss of being "natural self-explanatory". For this solution, Erikson and Berger regarded that construction of social reality through daily habits is important, and that the reality is the protection for psycho-social "anomy". But, Baunkenburg (and Kimura) thought actuality is more fundamental than reality. On Erikson's theory, reality and actuality founds each other. But, reality consists of retrospective concepts alienating actuality of life. Then, palying has a function to regain the dialectical process of actuality and reality.