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- The unified self refers to an coordinated sense of identity that remains constant even through changes in context or environment. William James, a pioneering American psychologist, first proposed the idea of a unified self in his 1890 work The Principles of Psychology.
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This chapter argues that Nietzschean refers to a relation between drives and conscious thought: unity obtains when the agent’s attitude toward her own action is stable under the revelation of further information about the action’s etiology. Keywords: Nietzsche, unity, willing, unified agent, action, behavior.
- The Unified Self | The Situated Self | Oxford Academic
Our fundamental tactic of self‐protection, self‐control, and...
- The Unified Self | The Situated Self | Oxford Academic
Our fundamental tactic of self‐protection, self‐control, and self‐ definition is not spinning webs or building dams, but telling stories; and more particularly concocting and controlling the story we tell others—and ourselves—about who we are. …
Mendlovic (2008) has proposed a multiple self theo-ry of personality rooted in psychoanalysis and building on the work of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott. Klein made the concept of the object, the internalized representation of the other-than-self in the mental.
Jan 1, 2012 · The sense of a unified self is, therefore, “a fabricated illusion.” In object relations theory, outside objects are assimilated into the mind as new mental agencies, sub-structures of the ego. These internalized objects lead a life of their own.
- David Lester
- 2012
Feb 1, 2017 · This concept refers to a unified entity with which we intuitively self-identify, and that (1) has access to all and only the information that we ourselves are conscious of and (2) uses that information to make deliberative decisions about how to act in the world.
- Ryan Smith
- 2017
May 10, 2024 · The unified self refers to an integrated sense of identity that remains constant despite changes in context or environment. While research shows we each contain multiple context-dependent selves, certain theorists posit that beneath these exists an overarching core self.
The concept of the self has beguiled—and frustrated—psychologists and philosophers alike for generations. One of the greatest challenges has been coming to terms with the nature of the self. Every individual has a self, yet no two selves are the same.
