Personal Self-identity Research Articles

Симулякризация практик персональной идентификации

The purpose of the research is to substantiate the statement that the development of modern technologies leads to the distribution of personal identification forms, as a result of which personal identification practices turn out to be simulative. The paper discusses the basic concepts, i.e. personality, identification, distribution, simulacrum. Scientific novelty of the paper lies in recognising the fact that the idea of simulacrisation as one of the trends in the transformation of social practices has an impact on the process of exercising personal identification of an individual. The paper demonstrates the possibility of managing the social practices of an individual and ways of achieving their personal identification. The research findings have shown that the personal self-identity of an individual becomes their mask, since in order to achieve personal identification simulative social practices are exercised. Possessing such a mask is perceived as socially acceptable and a person loses their own essence and is able to exercise only a simulated personal identification practice.

Апофатическая целостность человека и культуры в диалогах Николая Бахтина

The article discusses the dialogical foundations of a person’s personal self-identity in the space of culture on the example of N. M. Bakhtin. The relevance of the work is associated with the increased relevance of the experience of live dialogue, which in modern information reality, on the one hand, appears as an opportunity for unprecedented self-expression and a space for communication and exchange of meanings, on the other hand, as a real danger of drowning in the cacaphony of discord and loss of oneself. The purpose of the work is through a hermeneutic reading of the works of N.M. Bakhtin, to show that through dialogue a person’s personal identity is formed, through existential questioning: «Who am I?». The authors use a hermeneutic approach to reading the philosophical works of N. M. Bakhtin, as well as a comparative analysis of his ideas and those of the leading philosophers of our time. However, the authors of the article not only analyze the similarity of N.M. Bakhtin with the main philosophies of postmodernism, but also insist on the pragmatic value of his works in themselves. The authors come to the conclusion that the dialogues of Nikolai Mikhailovich Bakhtin are a wonderful example of the experience of dialogue, which takes on an existential dimension, addressing the very essence of human existence. Nikolai Bakhtin appears as a thinker striving for a living experience of philosophy, trying to find a way to a genuine person who collects and shapes himself into a simple and integral unity in the space of the true culture of a hierarchically ordered cosmos. Thanks to this, the tension of the dialogue keeps the vivid sounding of the word, ready to turn into a deed, and does not allow the voices of the interlocutors to fall into monologue one-sidedness, degenerate into artificial schemes that disidentify and enslave a person’s personal integrity.

ДУША У ФІЛОСОФСЬКО-ПСИХОЛОГІЧНИХ ПОГЛЯДАХ Г. ЧЕЛПАНОВА

This article is devoted to the philosophical and psychological approaches of G. Chelpanov in the problem field of understanding the essence and nature of the soul. On the analysis basis of the Ukrainian scientist’s works, the peculiarity of the connection between the mental and the physical, the psychic and the physical is traced, and the role and interdependence of philosophy and psychology in the study of the problems of the soul are determined in this article. The peculiarity of the reorientation of the national philosophical thought to the questions of anthropological and ontological nature, which were consistent with the methodological shift of the world philosophy of the twentieth century are investigated. The peculiarity of psychology as philosophical and experimental science, the main task of which the thinker reduces to the definition of the laws of mental phenomena and mental life is highlighted. The phenomenon of the soul is elaborated from the position of G. Chelpanov’s empirical parallelism. In this context, the soul is regarded as a substantive (spiritual) basis of personality, a substance, a carrier of all spiritual states, which determines their combination into a single integrity and provides personal self-identity. After all, the personality can not in any case be a simple combination of individual phenomena and states of the psyche, because they are ensured by the existence of the integrity of mental life, which is the basis of human existence. The article substantiates that the strengthening in philosophical and psychological studies in the problem of the soul leads to new variants of the interaction of science and religion and an appeal to centuries-old religious and moral experience. The article concludes that the conceptualization of G. Chelpanov’s dominant soul in his «philosophy of psychology» provides an essential basis for the formation of a new level of psychological science within the framework of the relationship between psychology and philosophy and largely determines the ways of development of contemporary humanitarianism

Логос Гераклита как мера личностной самотождественности

Логос Гераклита как мера личностной самотождественности

Art and cultural institutions as social extensions of personal self-identity

Art and cultural institutions as social extensions of personal self-identity

MICRO ENVIRONMENT FEELING – MAINTAINER AND REFLECTOR OF THE LATGALIANS’ SYSTEM OF VALUES

MICRO ENVIRONMENT FEELING – MAINTAINER AND REFLECTOR OF THE LATGALIANS’ SYSTEM OF VALUES

To feel a look, To see the flesh: Phenomenological reflections of a pierced and tattooed pre-service teacher

This phenomenological reflection invites us to consider what it feels like to be looked at, as a visibly pierced and tattooed pre-service teacher, by a supervising principal. Drawing from Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of perception, theories of the look in education forwarded by Madeleine Grumet, Michel Foucault’s notion of the disciplinary gaze and Luce Irigaray’s work on intersubjectivity, this article delves into the layers of meaning within a piercing moment. This inquiry thus fleshes out what it feels like to be seen as a body-modified teacher in comparison to that of the “expected teacher” image during a time of struggle when one’s newly-forming teacher identity clashes with one’s personal self-identity. It also provides context for better understanding, both palpably and politically, the sense of vision in education from various perspectives: looking within, looking down, the uniform look, the stereotypical look and the mutual look

가상세계 및 공간간의 자기차이가 온라인 커뮤니티 활동에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

가상 공간의 익명성으로 인하여 개인들은 물리적 세계와 다른 자기를 가상 세계에서 창조한다. 본 연구의 목적은 물리적 세계의 자기와 가상 세계의 자기 사이에 존재하는 차이가 개인의 온라인 커뮤니티 활동에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 고찰하는 것이다. 먼저, 자기차이이론(Self discrepancy theory)을 기반으로 자기차이에 대한 개념적 정의를 도출하고 자기차이를 가상 세계 내에 존재하는 자기차이(Self-discrepancy in virtual world)와 물리적 세계와 가상 세계 사이에서 존재하는 자기차이(Cross-world self-discrepancy)로 세분화 하였다. 또한 각각의 자기차이를 요인 분석을 통하여 개인적 자기차이(Personal self-discrepancy)와 사회적 자기차이(Social self-discrepancy)로 구분하였다. 도출된 서로 다른 유형의 자기차이가 개인의 커뮤니티 지속사용 및 지식 기여 사이에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 이론적 모형을 개발하고, 수집된 300개의 설문자료를 바탕으로 이를 검증하였다. 분석 결과, 가상 세계 내에서 존재하는 자기차이는 지각된 자기표현 유용성에 부의 영향을 미치는 반면, 가상 세계와 물리적 세계 사이에 존재하는 자기차이는 자기표현 유용성에 정의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 지각된 자기표현 유용성과 사용 용이성은 커뮤니티 지속 사용과 지식기여에 모두 정의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 전통적인 자가차이 이론에서 논의되어온 자기에 대한 개념을 가상세계의 자기로 확장하였으며, 서로 다른 유형의 자기차이가 개인의 행위에 미치는 영향을 온라인 커뮤니티 정황에 적용함으로써 자기 개념에 대한 이론적 발전에 기여하였다. People could possess different self-identity under virtual world from physical world because of anonymity of the virtual world and this difference could influence their behavior in the virtual world. Based on self-discrepancy theory, this research proposes that continuous use model in self-expression goal. We defined the difference bet ween actual self~identity and ideal self~identity in the virtual world as "self-discrepancy in virtual world", and the difference between actual self-identity in the physical world and actual self-identity in the virtual world as "cross-world self-discrepancy". Before testing hypothesis, we compare the actual self-identity in the online community with the actual self-identity in the physical world, and with ideal self-identity in the virtual world. We derived an index for two different types of self-identity in terms of Personal Self-identity and Social Self-identity through factor analysis. Our results show that online community members have a higher level of ideal self-identity than actual self-identity in online community, and they have better personal self-identity in online community than physical world while a lower level of social self-identity in online community than physical world. The results of the hypothesis testing analysis based on 300 respondents showed that "self-discrepancy in virtual world" negatively influenced perceived usefulness for self-expression while "cross-world self-discrepancy" positively influenced perceived usefulness for self-expression. The perceived usefulness for self-expression and ease of use positively influence both continuous use and knowledge contribution. Specially, the effect of perceived usefulness for self-expression on knowledge contribution is much bigger than the effect of ease of use. This study extends self-discrepancy theory to virtual worlds by suggesting various types of self-discrepancy and by applying the effect of self-discrepancies in online community. Also, this study extends technology acceptance model in the personal goal in terms of self-expression. This study hopes to offer practical insights by suggesting positive effect of self-discrepancy on behavior in the online community.

The Future Evolution of the Ecology of Mind

In this paper I describe an evolutionary and ecological perspective on human psychology, applying this theoretical framework to understanding human nature and the human mind, and demonstrate its implications regarding the future evolution of humanity. My central arguments are: This perspective provides an informative, thought provoking, and valid framework for explaining human psychology; it provides a set of general principles for predicting or anticipating future psychological evolution; and it suggests a preferable vision for the future of the human mind and for guiding our psychological evolution. There is a set of central concepts within this evolutionary ecological perspective: Ecological reciprocity, which applied to human psychology, entails that humans and the environment are open and interpenetrating systems and form an interdependent whole. Within a framework of ecological reciprocity there is no absolute boundary between humans and the environment and neither can be defined independently of the other. Mind, intelligence, personal self-identity, and even consciousness are ecological emergent realities realized in a supporting environment. The idea of ecological reciprocity applied to human psychology derives from J. J. Gibson’s ecological psychology. Gibson’s ecological psychology is antidualistic – neither mind and matter, nor conscious subject and world, are ontologically distinct realities. Within Gibson’s psychology there is a reciprocal connection between self-awareness and other-awareness, a reciprocal connection between awareness of persistence and change, and a reciprocal or interdependent awareness of the spatial arrangement of objects, including the perceiver’s body, and the temporal arrangement of events in the world, including the perceivers’ life – psychological space and psychological time are relative and ecological.1 A second key idea, building off of the first concept, is an ontology and logic of reciprocity as a basic theoretical construct in understanding natural reality. Based on the Taoist Yin-Yang view that existence is a set of complementary opposites, the idea of reciprocity treats all basic ontological distinctions as interdependent, mutually supportive realities. Instead of an either/or logic, reciprocity argues for a both/and logic of existence, subsuming an either/or logic. Reciprocity rejects and subsumes all forms of dualism; that is, the classic philosophical dichotomies are all interdependencies. Reality is both a one/whole and a many/plurality; reality is both stability (being) and change (becoming and

Softlifting: Exploring Determinants of Attitude

Softlifting, or the illegal duplication of copyrighted software by individuals for personal use, is a serious and costly problem for software developers and distributors. Understanding the factors that determine attitude toward softlifting is important in order to ascertain what motivates individuals to engage in the behavior. We examine a number of factors, including personal moral obligation (PMO), perceived usefulness, and awareness of the laws and regulations governing software acquisition and use, along with facets of personal self-identity that may play a role in the development of attitudes and therefore intentions regarding this behavior. These factors are examined across multiple settings expected to be pertinent to our survey respondents: home, work and school. Personal moral obligation and perceived usefulness are significant predictors of attitude across all settings. Past behavior is a significant predictor of intention across all settings, and a significant predictor of attitude in the home setting. We find evidence that awareness of the law causes a less favorable evaluation of softlifting in the school setting only, but has little effect in the home and work settings. As in previous studies, attitude is a significant predictor of intent. We do not find indications that one’s personal self-identity influences one’s attitude towards the behavior and the intention to perform it, except in the case of legal identity, where marginally significant effects are found in the work environment.

The body and communities in cyberspace: A Mmarcellian analysis

Many who speak glowingly about the possibilities for human relations in cyberspace, or virtual communities, laud them precisely because such communities are to a great extent free of the real spatial-temporal restrictions rooted in the limitations of our bodies. In this paper I investigate the importance of the body in establishing and maintaining human relations by considering the thought of the twentieth century French philosopher Gabriel Marcel. Because Marcel emphasized the central importance of the body in one's personal self-identity as well as in initiating and maintaining intersubjective bonds in human communities, he is able to offer some interesting reflections on the character of virtual communities. I suggest that a number of the features of cyberspace and its communities that make it attractive to many are precisely the characteristics that Marcel would consider detrimental to establishing intimate lasting human communities. I conclude by indicating why I think that Marcel would be concerned that certain trends in our high tech culture may well lead many to prefer ``living'' in virtual, rather than real communities.

Personal Self-Identity and Political Theology: Three Recent Works by Dorothee Sölle

Personal Self-Identity and Political Theology: Three Recent Works by Dorothee Sölle