Abstract
The Self is social in nature. It arises in “the process of social experience and activity” (Mead, G.H., Mind, Self and Society, 1934 : 135). It has become more complex as social differentiation, diversification and transformation go on.
Today, it changes itself from the autonomous, “individualistic self” to the dependent, “relational self”. The contemporary self consists of many small identities.
“The crisis of the self” means disappearance of images of the rational, autonomous and unific, “modern self”. Rather, it means the emergence of the relational, diverse and multiple self, the partial and fragmentary self, the emotional self and the mutable self.
On the other side, people try to resolve the role conflicts through “role selection”, “role coordination”, “role compartmentalization” or “role escape”. And they engage in “impression management” and “role distance”. But the resolution of the role conflicts needs “role making” to work upon, modify and reconstruct role expectations.
Human beings are able to perceive and give meaning to the social structure. They can do self-reflection and activate of innner communications.And they can develop the interpretative process.He will be able to construct subjective actions and bring on social changes.
