https://ghafoorsblog.com/tags/penan/Recent content in Penan on Ghafoor's Personal BlogHugoenhello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)Copyright © 2024-2026 AG Sayyed. All Rights Reserved.Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:58:40 +0000https://ghafoorsblog.com/shorts/psychology/04-social-psychology-and-language/004-roles-desire-and-hierarchy/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)https://ghafoorsblog.com/shorts/psychology/04-social-psychology-and-language/004-roles-desire-and-hierarchy/<p class="lead text-primary"> Who we are in public, what we want and where we stand may all be shaped by other people. These shorts look at the self as a performance, desire as imitation, and rank as something that may follow possessions. </p> <hr> <h2 id="front-stage-backstage-and-the-performed-self">Front Stage, Backstage and the Performed Self</h2> <p><em>Published 2026-09-22 · <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E2617LglIVQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Watch the short</a></em></p> <p>You talk, sit and even hold your face differently when you are alone. The short says this is not being two-faced. It points to the sociologist <strong>Erving Goffman</strong>, who in 1959 described life as running on two stages.</p>