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Volume 117, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0002-5275
  • E-ISSN: 2352-1244

Abstract

Abstract

Being yourself with others – the art of maintaining your individuality while engaging and growing in social interactions – is a challenge for everyone. A philosophical account of authenticity should be able to explain why this is inherently difficult. In this response, I start from De Haan’s exposition on relational authenticity to further explore the tension between experiences that feel as being ‘one’s own’ vs. ‘alien’ to oneself in relation to others. Does an enactivist understanding of authenticity provide any guidance in distinguishing between the two? I introduce the notion of self-affirming participation and explore how it might help clarify this distinction and elucidate the complexity of becoming oneself with others

© Derek Strijbos
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Keyword(s): enactivism; participation; relational authenticity; self-affirmation; self-alienation

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