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Сянката (Към феноменология на двойника)
The Shadow (To the Phenomenology of the Duplicate)

Author(s): Ivanka Stupova
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: shade; double; the other; identification; self-identification

Summary/Abstract: The shade is the eternal companion of man — „from the cradle to the grave". It follows him, it is the objective guarantee of his existence as a body. Its essence, at the same time obvious and uncatchable, makes it mysterious and sacral. It this article the shade is treated in the aspect of the „other", of my double, of my second self. Man's conflict with the shade, the temporary or constant confrontation, is a trial in which the stronger and more motivated half will take precedence. The shade as one of the embodiments of the double is at the same time an identification trait of man. The complex metaphorical role of the shade as a „dark brother" (K. Ung), as „a dark side" (Freud) has been analysed in the aspects of philosophy and the works of art.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2007
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 87-94
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian