Is a revolutionary new self-understanding possible?
I believe the way we perceive ourselves is ripe for a similar revolution – moving away from the static and often shallow ways in which we described self to a more dynamic and de-centered understanding. The idea that self is a changeless eternal substance – the earth at the center of our personal universe – has served as a stable reference for many theories of what makes us human. It is this very idea of an independent self, a metaphysical substance unaffected by relationship, that we will deconstruct during this course. In its place we will look at the reality and value of relationship in forming a ‘self’ that is constantly moving and becoming.
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