Reconsidering the Self in Social Thought: Existential-Phenomenological and Dialogical Perspectives
The present article attempts to draw a general analytical framework within which to reconsider the notion of the self in the wide interdisciplinary field of social thought. This reconsideration pertains to the self as a fluid social process and as an interrelational meaningful outcome constituent of...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
International University of Sarajevo
2015-07-01
|
| Series: | Epiphany |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://epiphany.ius.edu.ba/index.php/epiphany/article/view/134/116 |
| _version_ | 1811259377268555776 |
|---|---|
| author | Charalambos Tsekeris |
| author_facet | Charalambos Tsekeris |
| author_sort | Charalambos Tsekeris |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The present article attempts to draw a general analytical framework within which to reconsider the notion of the self in the wide interdisciplinary field of social thought. This reconsideration pertains to the self as a fluid social process and as an interrelational meaningful outcome constituent of lived experience, which is neither intrapsychically located, nor able to be defined in isolation, as something “in and of itself”. The self is therefore seen as paradoxically both autonomous and interdependent, that is reflexively open, socially embedded and interactively constituted. Our critical historicising interrogation also highlights the inherently dialogical nature, character, and dynamics of the self in contemporary society, thus opening up the conceptual space to better grasp, theorise, and evaluate the irreducible complexity of self-formation. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T18:29:28Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-ab4c642012f1497a9b92dc605026b2df |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2303-6850 1840-3719 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T18:29:28Z |
| publishDate | 2015-07-01 |
| publisher | International University of Sarajevo |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Epiphany |
| spelling | doaj.art-ab4c642012f1497a9b92dc605026b2df2022-12-22T03:21:07ZengInternational University of SarajevoEpiphany2303-68501840-37192015-07-0181101111Reconsidering the Self in Social Thought: Existential-Phenomenological and Dialogical PerspectivesCharalambos Tsekeris0Academy of Athens, Greece. The present article attempts to draw a general analytical framework within which to reconsider the notion of the self in the wide interdisciplinary field of social thought. This reconsideration pertains to the self as a fluid social process and as an interrelational meaningful outcome constituent of lived experience, which is neither intrapsychically located, nor able to be defined in isolation, as something “in and of itself”. The self is therefore seen as paradoxically both autonomous and interdependent, that is reflexively open, socially embedded and interactively constituted. Our critical historicising interrogation also highlights the inherently dialogical nature, character, and dynamics of the self in contemporary society, thus opening up the conceptual space to better grasp, theorise, and evaluate the irreducible complexity of self-formation.http://epiphany.ius.edu.ba/index.php/epiphany/article/view/134/116selfhoodreflexivity |
| spellingShingle | Charalambos Tsekeris Reconsidering the Self in Social Thought: Existential-Phenomenological and Dialogical Perspectives Epiphany selfhood reflexivity |
| title | Reconsidering the Self in Social Thought: Existential-Phenomenological and Dialogical Perspectives |
| title_full | Reconsidering the Self in Social Thought: Existential-Phenomenological and Dialogical Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Reconsidering the Self in Social Thought: Existential-Phenomenological and Dialogical Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reconsidering the Self in Social Thought: Existential-Phenomenological and Dialogical Perspectives |
| title_short | Reconsidering the Self in Social Thought: Existential-Phenomenological and Dialogical Perspectives |
| title_sort | reconsidering the self in social thought existential phenomenological and dialogical perspectives |
| topic | selfhood reflexivity |
| url | http://epiphany.ius.edu.ba/index.php/epiphany/article/view/134/116 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT charalambostsekeris reconsideringtheselfinsocialthoughtexistentialphenomenologicalanddialogicalperspectives |