Livre | Chapitre
Authentic role play
a political solution to an existential paradox
pp. 261-274
Résumé
Most social roles require role identification from the side of the role occupant, yet whoever identifies him- or herself with his or her social roles thereby mistakes him- or herself for what he or she is not, because role identity is determined by other people's normative expectations, whereas self-identity is self-determined. This paper first develops an interpretation of this existential paradox of role identity, and then suggests a Rousseauvian perspective on how the tension between being oneself and playing one's social roles may be a matter of politics rather than a matter of the metaphysics of selfhood. The paper concludes with a cautionary remark on just how much Jacobinism a political solution to the existential paradox of role identity might entail.
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Schmid Hans Bernhard, Thonhauser Gerhard (2017) From conventionalism to social authenticity: Heidegger's anyone and contemporary social theory. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 261-274
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56865-2_14
Citation complète:
Schmid Hans Bernhard, 2017, Authentic role play: a political solution to an existential paradox. In H.B. Schmid & G. Thonhauser (eds.) From conventionalism to social authenticity (261-274). Dordrecht, Springer.