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This study examines a series of self-representations from the 19th century (by Goethe, Sand, Nietzsche) that obstruct a confessional and psychologizing mode by diminishing the significance of the self. The theoretical inspiration is drawn from thinkers like Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and others, who give priority to the individual’s close attachment to a multifaceted world. This approach will lead us to themes and concepts like "participation," "perception," "togetherness," "otherness," "corporeality," "collectivism," "publicness," and "sociality." Vanishing Selves displays different forms of attachment to the world and identifies the ethical and existential potential in the affirmation of a world.



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Being in the World: a Phenomenological

Goethe: to See and Being Seen

Sand: Listening to the Stories of the World

Nietzsche: the Care of Oneself

Vanishing Selves: Negotiating Selfhood in

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    Publisher: Peter Lang AG
    Publication Date: 13/12/2021
    ISBN13: 9783631856710, 978-3631856710
    ISBN10: 3631856717
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    This study examines a series of self-representations from the 19th century (by Goethe, Sand, Nietzsche) that obstruct a confessional and psychologizing mode by diminishing the significance of the self. The theoretical inspiration is drawn from thinkers like Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and others, who give priority to the individual’s close attachment to a multifaceted world. This approach will lead us to themes and concepts like "participation," "perception," "togetherness," "otherness," "corporeality," "collectivism," "publicness," and "sociality." Vanishing Selves displays different forms of attachment to the world and identifies the ethical and existential potential in the affirmation of a world.



    Table of Contents

    Being in the World: a Phenomenological

    Goethe: to See and Being Seen

    Sand: Listening to the Stories of the World

    Nietzsche: the Care of Oneself

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