Self and Other: Exploring Subjectivity, Empathy, and Shame

by Dan Zahavi

Book Overview

Can you be a self on your own or only together with others? Is selfhood a built-in feature of experience or rather socially constructed? How do we at all come to understand others? Does empathy amount to and allow for a distinct experiential acquaintance with others, and if so, what does that tell us about the nature of selfhood and social cognition? Does a strong emphasis on the first-personal character of consciousness prohibit a satisfactory account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198776675
• ISBN13: 9780198776673
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"