TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ingemar Haag
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2196-9760
SN  - 9783631865835
TI  - Vanishing Selves
T2  - Negotiating Selfhood in Self-Representational Works by Goethe, Sand, and Nietzsche
DO  - 10.3726/b18946
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1156980
N2  - 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.
LA  - English
ER  -