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I Am Me Before I Am Anything Else
The content of someone’s identity depends on the broader group in which they grew up, and particularly on dominant communal notions, the ‘narrative’ shared by the group. Those notions are invariably moral in nature, consisting largely of norms and values that determine the way we view ourselves and others. They are reflected in mores or ethics and,
... See morePaul Verhaeghe • What About Me?: The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based Society
Reducing myself to having worth or value based on only one of my identities diminished the reality that no one else in the world can be me.
Elaine Lin Hering • Unlearning Silence
Who Are We, Really? - The Atlantic
Who Are We, Really? — The Atlantic
What were you before the thought of identification came about? Who are you when you wake up in the morning before you download from memory all the data of where, when and what you were told you are?