Perspectives on the Self: Reflexivity in the Humanities (New Studies in the History and Historiography of Philosophy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110698455 ISBN 13: 9783110698459

Publisher: De Gruyter, 2022

Synopsis

The volume develops the concepts of the self and its reflexive nature as they are linked to modern thought from Hegel to Luhmann. The moderns are reflexive in a double sense: they create themselves by self-reflexivity and make their world – society – in their own image. That the social world is reflexive means that it is made up of non-subjective (or supra-subjective) communication. The volume's contributors analyze this double reflexivity, of the self and society, from an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing both on individual and social narratives. This broad, interdisciplinary approach is a distinctive mark of the entire project. The volume will be structured around the following axes: Self-making and reflexivity – theoretical topics; Social self and the modern world; Literature – self and narrativity; Creative Self – text and fine art. Among the contributors are some of the most renowned specialists in their respective fields, including J. F. Kervégan, B. Zabel, P. Stekeler-Weithofer, I. James, L. Kvasz, H. Ikäheimo and others.

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Vojtěch Kolman and Tereza Matějčková, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110698455
• ISBN 13: 9783110698459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286
• Editor: Kolman