Running throughout this ethical arc is the constant dialectic between oneself and the other. The self does not exist in isolation. Its very being is relational:
: A full, borrowable digital copy of the book. paul ricoeur oneself as another pdf
The flexible, evolving sense of "who" a person is. Running throughout this ethical arc is the constant
Avoid shady "free PDF download" sites that bundle malware or pirated scans. The scans are often illegible (missing pages, poor OCR), undermining the careful reading this book demands. The flexible, evolving sense of "who" a person is
Ricoeur argues that the selfhood (ipseity) is not a solipsistic fortress. Instead, the self is disclosed only through the detour of the other—other people, other cultures, and crucially, the otherness within oneself. This is not a theory of alienation but one of attestation : the assurance of existing as a self amid vulnerability and difference.
Oneself as Another represents the culmination of his Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1986. The title itself is paradoxical: How can the self be another ? Is this not a contradiction?
Running throughout this ethical arc is the constant dialectic between oneself and the other. The self does not exist in isolation. Its very being is relational:
: A full, borrowable digital copy of the book.
The flexible, evolving sense of "who" a person is.
Avoid shady "free PDF download" sites that bundle malware or pirated scans. The scans are often illegible (missing pages, poor OCR), undermining the careful reading this book demands.
Ricoeur argues that the selfhood (ipseity) is not a solipsistic fortress. Instead, the self is disclosed only through the detour of the other—other people, other cultures, and crucially, the otherness within oneself. This is not a theory of alienation but one of attestation : the assurance of existing as a self amid vulnerability and difference.
Oneself as Another represents the culmination of his Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1986. The title itself is paradoxical: How can the self be another ? Is this not a contradiction?