Being we : phenomenological contributions to social ontology / Dan Zahavi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zahavi, Dan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Social interaction--Philosophy.

Social interaction.

Ontology.

Phenomenology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

The we is an integral part of everyday life: We solve tasks, reach decisions, and share emotions together, just as we can share a collective identity, traditions and customs. What is the nature of this we? The book discusses this question by drawing on insights from not only philosophy, but also sociology, anthropology, and social psychology.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Part I. We and I. We-experiences

An individualist bias. 'Cartesian Brainwash' ; Cultural and normative perspectives

Basic selfhood. Pre-reflective Self-consciousness ; The experiential self ; Some objections

Socially (un)constructed subjectivity. Developmental findings ; Social Constructivism

Husserlian Complexifications. The Pure Ego ; The Personal Ego ; A Non-egological alternative

Group identification. Social Identity Theory ; Self-transformation

The question of primacy

Part II. We and You. Empathy. The experience of others ; Imaginative perspective taking and affective sharing ; Heideggerian Misgivings

Communication and Second-person engagement. From empathy to communication ; Second-person engagement ; Communicative connectedness ; Co-dependency ; Self-alienation ; From Dyadic interaction to We-ness

Shared Emotions. From actions to emotions ; Ontological individualism and its critics ; Scheler and Stein on emotional sharing ; Reciprocity and co-regulation ; The Unity and Plurality of Sharing

Part III. Varieties of We. Dyads and Triads. Love and friendship ; Triadic complications ; The role of context

Communal bonds. Communal life ; Personalities of Higher Order ; National communities ; Us and Them ; Polity and Diversity

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 6, 2025).

ISBN:

9780191915482

0191915483

9780192647290

0192647296

OCLC:

1482973737