Selfhood and recognition : Melanesian and Western accounts to relationality / Anita C. Galuschek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galuschek, Anita C, author.

Series:

Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific ; Volume 7.

Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social interaction--Melanesia.

Social interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations, graphs.

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn Books, 2018.

Summary:

The disciplines of philosophy and cultural anthropology have one thing in common: human behavior. Yet surprisingly, dialogue between the two fields has remained largely silent until now. Selfhood and Recognition combines philosophical and cultural anthropological accounts of the perception of individual action, exploring the processes through which a person recognizes the self and the other. Touching on humanity as porous, fractal, dividual, and relational, the author sheds new light on the nature of selfhood, recognition, relationality, and human life.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Preliminary Remarks on Person, the Self, and Mutual Recognition

Chapter 1 Introductory Reflections on Mutual Recognition

Chapter 2 Approaching Personhood from Relationality

Chapter 3 Aspects and Problems of Empathy

Part II: Developing Relational Selfhood

Chapter 4 About Being Oneself as Another

Chapter 5 The Self as Person

Chapter 6 Empathic Understanding and Agency as Mutual Recognition

Chapter 7 An Outlook to Social Appreciation

Epilogue

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 16, 2018).

ISBN:

1-80758-330-9

1-78533-650-9

OCLC:

1017795885