THE RECONFIGURING SELF

This essay presents a theory about cultural systems of self. It counte rs disclaimers as to the possibility of building cross-culturally vali d theory, often taken to be the intellectual outcome of postmodernism Nonetheless, such theory is a logical descendant of the postmodern pro ject, predicating multiple selves and multiple constructions of social reality. It offers an explanatory framework for conceptions of person hood that are loosely interconnected and only partially and problemati cally shared between culture members.