Present-Day Challenges to Identity: Models of Self-Transcendence
Present-Day Challenges to Identity: Models of Self-Transcendence
Author(s): Virginia Mihaela DumitrescuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti
Keywords: Identity; difference; postmodernity; multiculturalism
Summary/Abstract: This paper looks at different approaches to the issue of identity considered within the context of postmodernity and multiculturalism. It identifies two contemporary models of self-transcendence that in spite of their differences are brought together by a common denominator: the assumption that a genuine dialogue with the Other, or the different, might be the solution to some of humanity's identity-related problems.
Journal: Buletinul Universitatii Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti, Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 47-52
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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