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Los anclajes de la identidad personal
The anchoring of personal identity
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Abstract Many postmodern authors have claimed the dissolution of identity due to the multiplicity of personal relationships, to the variety of experiences or to the huge social changes in process. Nonetheless, I argue that, in spite of not being possible to sustain an essentialist conception of the subject, ... view more
Many postmodern authors have claimed the dissolution of identity due to the multiplicity of personal relationships, to the variety of experiences or to the huge social changes in process. Nonetheless, I argue that, in spite of not being possible to sustain an essentialist conception of the subject, there are many elements that preclude an absolute dissolution of identity, anchoring the subject to a certain personal identity, but in a problematic, conflictive, and changing way. Furthermore, the dissolution of identity would not necessarily be beneficial for subjects nor groups, as long as the demand of interaction rights comes close to the maintaining of acknowledgeable identities. The problem would rather be the difficulty to accede to valuable identities in the prevailing life conditions, making difficult to produce positive self-discourses, and thus generalizing processes of identity 'fragilization.'... view less
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
Identity; Social Change; Essentialism; Individualism; Postmodernism
Document language
Spanish
Publication Year
2003
Page/Pages
p. 54-67
Journal
Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social (2003) 4
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications