Identity Essay References
Insights from Byung-Chul Han:
The rise of narcissism, the emphasis on authenticity, and shallow technological experiences are eroding essential societal bonds
We need daily and lifelong rituals to help bring narrative structure into our lives
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The tyranny of intimacy psychologizes and personalizes everything.
Byung-Chul Han • The Transparency Society
The False Promise of Understanding Yourself
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Once you move overseas, you slowly, without noticing at first, start to develop a new struggle around your identity that you didn’t know existed before. Before your move, you had simple answers to questions such as “Where are you from?” and “Where’s home for you?”
Camille Armantrout • Once Upon an Expat
.@naval: First of all, I don't think of myself. I just want to be clear on that. And that's not a rule. It's just a habit I've kind of developed because I found that thinking about yourself is a source of all unhappiness and misery.
Self obsession is the root of all unhappiness.
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Arjun Khemanix.comIdentity is not a set of fixed attributes, the unchanging essence of the inner self, but a constantly shifting process of positioning...identity is always a never-completed process of becoming — a process of shifting identifications, rather than a singular, complete, finished state of being.
The man who discovered media codes and how to resist them
identity is built from the self-enclosed individualism and the limited concepts of selfhood
AnaLouise Keating • Transformation Now!: Toward a Post-Oppositional Politics of Change
