Title: In search of self : interdisciplinary perspectives on personhood /
Authors: Van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel 1942-; Wiebe, Erik P.
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Philosophical anthropology.; Self Religious aspects Christianity; Theological anthropology Christianity; Theological anthropology
Contents: Part I. The Self and Origins : -- 1. Origin of the human sense of self / Ian Tattersall -- 2. An archeology of the self : the prehistory of personhood / Ian Hodder -- 3. Are apes and elephants persons? / Barbara J. King -- 4. Neuroscience and spirituality / Eric Bergemann, Daniel J. Siegel, Deanie Eichenstein, and Ellen Streit -- 5. In search of "folk anthropology" : the cognitive anthropology of the person / Emma Cohen and Justin L. Barrett -- Part II. The Self and Multiplicity : -- 6. Disunity and disorder : the "problem" of self-fragmentation / Léon Turner -- 7. Reenactors : theological and psychological reflections on "core selves," multiplicity, and the sense of cohesion / Pamela Cooper-White -- 8. The existential self in a culture of multiplicity : Hubert Hermans's theory of the dialogical self / Hetty Zock -- 9. The multiple self / Helen Tallon Russell and Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki -- 10. On the elusive nature of the human self : divining the ontological dynamics of animate being / Maxine Sheets Johnsone -- Part III. The Self and Identity : -- 11. The quest for self-identity / Calvin O. Schrag -- 12. Posthuman selves : bodies, cognitive processes, and technologies / Jennifer Thweatt-Bates -- 13. The erotic self and the image of God / Jan-Olav Henriksen -- 14. Human pharmakon : the anthropology of technological lives / João Biehl -- Part IV. The Self and Emergence : -- 15. Enigmatic experiences : spirit, complexity, and person / Catherine Keller -- 16. The emergence of self / James W. Haag, Terrence W. Deacon, and Jay Ogilvy -- 17. Neurononsense and the soul / Rober Scruton -- 18. Persons at home in the universe : openness, purpose, and transcendence / Philip A. Rolnick