Ebook: Youth in Contemporary India: Images of Identity and Social Change

This book endeavors to be a study of identity in Indian urban youth. It is concerned with understanding the psychological themes of conformity, rebellion, individuation, relatedness, initiative and ideological values which pervade youths’ search for identity within the Indian cultural milieu, specifically the Indian family. In its essence, the book attempts to explore how in contemporary India the emerging sense of individuality in youth is seeking its own balance of relationality with parental figures and cohesion with social order. The research questions are addressed to two groups of young men and women in the age group of 20-29 years-Youth in Corporate sector and Youth in Non Profit sector. Methodologically, the study is a psychoanalytically informed, process oriented, context sensitive work that proceeds via narrations, conversations and in-depth life stories of young men and women. Overall, the text reflects on the nature of inter-generational continuity and shifts in India.

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This book endeavors to be a study of identity in Indian urban youth. It is concerned with understanding the psychological themes of conformity, rebellion, individuation, relatedness, initiative and ideological values which pervade youths’ search for identity within the Indian cultural milieu, specifically the Indian family. In its essence, the book attempts to explore how in contemporary India the emerging sense of individuality in youth is seeking its own balance of relationality with parental figures and cohesion with social order. The research questions are addressed to two groups of young men and women in the age group of 20-29 years-Youth in Corporate sector and Youth in Non Profit sector. Methodologically, the study is a psychoanalytically informed, process oriented, context sensitive work that proceeds via narrations, conversations and in-depth life stories of young men and women. Overall, the text reflects on the nature of inter-generational continuity and shifts in India.

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This book endeavors to be a study of identity in Indian urban youth. It is concerned with understanding the psychological themes of conformity, rebellion, individuation, relatedness, initiative and ideological values which pervade youths’ search for identity within the Indian cultural milieu, specifically the Indian family. In its essence, the book attempts to explore how in contemporary India the emerging sense of individuality in youth is seeking its own balance of relationality with parental figures and cohesion with social order. The research questions are addressed to two groups of young men and women in the age group of 20-29 years-Youth in Corporate sector and Youth in Non Profit sector. Methodologically, the study is a psychoanalytically informed, process oriented, context sensitive work that proceeds via narrations, conversations and in-depth life stories of young men and women. Overall, the text reflects on the nature of inter-generational continuity and shifts in India.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-7
Identity in Youth: Conceptual and Methodological Underpinnings....Pages 9-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-40
Krishna....Pages 41-54
Aanchal....Pages 55-63
Disha....Pages 65-75
Aasheesh....Pages 77-88
Deepak....Pages 89-97
Kapil....Pages 99-103
Prashant....Pages 105-109
Samrat....Pages 111-122
Reflections on Corporate Youth....Pages 123-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-138
Nirmal....Pages 139-149
Debashri....Pages 151-161
Sujata....Pages 163-166
Manoj....Pages 167-176
Shalini....Pages 177-187
Praveen....Pages 189-193
Saumya....Pages 195-207
Jayant....Pages 209-220
Reflections on Humanist Youth....Pages 221-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Youth in India: Identity and Social Change....Pages 235-269
Back Matter....Pages 271-281

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This book endeavors to be a study of identity in Indian urban youth. It is concerned with understanding the psychological themes of conformity, rebellion, individuation, relatedness, initiative and ideological values which pervade youths’ search for identity within the Indian cultural milieu, specifically the Indian family. In its essence, the book attempts to explore how in contemporary India the emerging sense of individuality in youth is seeking its own balance of relationality with parental figures and cohesion with social order. The research questions are addressed to two groups of young men and women in the age group of 20-29 years-Youth in Corporate sector and Youth in Non Profit sector. Methodologically, the study is a psychoanalytically informed, process oriented, context sensitive work that proceeds via narrations, conversations and in-depth life stories of young men and women. Overall, the text reflects on the nature of inter-generational continuity and shifts in India.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-7
Identity in Youth: Conceptual and Methodological Underpinnings....Pages 9-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-40
Krishna....Pages 41-54
Aanchal....Pages 55-63
Disha....Pages 65-75
Aasheesh....Pages 77-88
Deepak....Pages 89-97
Kapil....Pages 99-103
Prashant....Pages 105-109
Samrat....Pages 111-122
Reflections on Corporate Youth....Pages 123-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-138
Nirmal....Pages 139-149
Debashri....Pages 151-161
Sujata....Pages 163-166
Manoj....Pages 167-176
Shalini....Pages 177-187
Praveen....Pages 189-193
Saumya....Pages 195-207
Jayant....Pages 209-220
Reflections on Humanist Youth....Pages 221-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Youth in India: Identity and Social Change....Pages 235-269
Back Matter....Pages 271-281
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