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Deleuze and Ricoeur : disavowed affinities and the narrative self /

What is the self? Is it the impregnable cogito of Descartes or the shattered self of Nietzsche? Or has it become serendipitously constituted from pieces of fairy tales and novels, childhood comics and soap operas - a multitude of forces culled from fashion, modern myth, culture and recreation? Or mu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheerin, Declan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009.
Colección:Continuum studies in continental philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What is the self? Is it the impregnable cogito of Descartes or the shattered self of Nietzsche? Or has it become serendipitously constituted from pieces of fairy tales and novels, childhood comics and soap operas - a multitude of forces culled from fashion, modern myth, culture and recreation? Or must we still convince ourselves, like Rousseau, that the self can never be tainted; that it is, above all else, irrefrangible?. Paul Ricoeur proposed that the self is formed within the narratives we tell of ourselves, that it is itself a form of narrative. But is this enough? Could a self cohere in a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 240 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441128317
144112831X
9781472546265
1472546261