Dialogical Thought and Identity
Subtitle: Trans-Different Religiosity in Present Day Societies
Publisher: De Gruyter, Inc.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9783110338317
Subjects: Identity (philosophical concept); Self (philosophy)
Description: "In discussion with M. Buber, F. Rosenzweig, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Franz Fischer and Emmanuel Levinas, Ephraim Meir outlines a novel conception of a selfhood that is grounded in dialogical thought. He focuses on the shaping of identity in present day societies and offers a new view on identity around the concepts of self-transcendence, self-difference, and trans-difference. Subjectivity is seen as the concrete possibility of relating to an open identity, which receives and hosts alterity. Self-difference is the crown upon the I ; it is the result of a dialogical life, a life of passing to the other. The religious I is perceived as in dialogue with secularity, with its own past and with other persons. It is suggested that with a dialogical approach one may discover what unites people, whose differences remain." --from back cover.