Self and Subjectivity is a collection of seminal essays with commentary that traces the development of conceptions of 'self' and 'subjectivity' in European and Anglo-American philosophical traditions, including feminist scholarship, from Descartes to the present.
About the Author
Kim Atkins is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, Philosophy Today, and The International Journal of Philosophical Studies.
Features
Features excerpts from seminal texts on self and subjectivity including material from Descartes, Hume, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, Foucault, Judith Butler, Bernard Williams, Derek Parfit and many others
Covers the rise of the philosophy of the subject, its crisis in postmodernity and the re-articulation of selfhood, agency and personal identity
Situates discussions of selfhood and the subject in broad historical, metaphysical, ethical, and epistemological contexts
Includes detailed commentary by the editor on the background and interrelations of each of the readings
