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Recognition and the politics of human(e) desire

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The author examines the politics of recognition within the context of postmodern or deconstructive theories, focusing on the model of intersubjectivity proposed by the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Topics addressed include the relationship between self and Other, and the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and Emmanuel Levinas.

Author: Yar, Majid
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2001
Criticism and interpretation, Critical Essay, Postmodernism, Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, Intersubjectivity, Sartre, Jean-Paul, Levinas, Emmanuel

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Incognito ergo sum: Language, memory and the subject

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The role of memory in grounding identity is explored drawing upon a range of theorists, photographers and literacy texts. The arguments developed apply as much to collective as to individual identities.

Author: Sayer, Derek
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2004
Public affairs, Social aspects, Evaluation, Individualism, Recognition (Psychology), Recognition (Memory), Individuality

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Freedom and fatefulness: Augustine, Arendt and the journey of memory

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This article focuses on a reassessment of the relationship between thought and action according to Arendt.The connection of Augustine to Arendt's works were examined.

Author: Hammer, Dean
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2000
Thought and thinking, Thinking, Arendt, Hannah, Augustine of Hippo, Saint

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Subjects list: United States, Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ethics
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