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From Self to Selfie: A Critique of Contemporary Forms of Alienation

From Self to Selfie: A Critique of Contemporary Forms of Alienation

Kennedy, Angus
Panton, James

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PhilosophyCognitionGeneral Sociology

Publisher Price: $27.99

ISBN10: 3030191931
ISBN13: 9783030191931
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Aug 19 2019
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This edited collection charts the rise and the fall of the self, from its emergence as an autonomous agent during the Enlightenment, to the modern-day selfie self, whose existence is realised only through continuous external validation.


Tracing the trajectory of selfhood in its historical development - from the Reformation onwards - the authors introduce the classic liberal account of the self, based on ideas of freedom and autonomy, that dominated Enlightenment discourse. Subsequent chapters explore whether this traditional notion has been eclipsed by new, more rigid, categories of identity, that alienate the self from itself and its possibilities: what I am, it seems, has become more important than what I might make of myself.

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