Postmodern pluralism and our selves

Journal/Book: Theor Psychol. 1997; 7: 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Sage Publications Inc. 505-527.

Abstract: In this paper I examine postmodern thinking about 'the inner', that is, about 'mind' and related notions. This is part of an ongoing project aimed at retelling the story about who we are and how we cope. Retelling this story seems to be a perennial concern, but one which is always more urgent 'now'. In this, the last few years of the century, how to think and talk about ourselves is, at best, uncertain and obscure. In this paper I offer one direction to pursue in getting us out of the trouble we are in: rethinking the importance of our selves, that is, that core of (perhaps ever-changing) commitments and identifications which allow us to act and come forward as moral and legal agents.

Note: Article Craig AP, Univ Cape Town, Sch Educ, Middle Campus, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, SOUTH AFRICA

Keyword(s): the inner; narrative; personal identity; postmodern pluralism; subjectivity

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