The Network Self: Relation, Process, and Personal Identity

This book offers a systematic treatment of the notion of the self as constituted by social, cultural, political, and biological relations, incorporating practical concerns and addresses how a relational self has agency, autonomy, responsibility, and continuity through time in the face of change and impairments.

Author: Kathleen Wallace
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/12/2019
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780367077488

About the Author

Kathleen Wallace is Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University, USA. She has worked in American Philosophy, and is an expert on the work of Justus Buchler. She has also worked in the areas of Metaphysics of Personal Identity, Hume Studies, and Feminism. Some representative articles include include "Personal Identity of an Intersectional Self," "On-line Anonymity," "Educating for Autonomy: Identity and Intersectional Selves," and "Autonomous 'I' of an Intersectional Self."