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Erschienen in: Society 6/2017

18.10.2017 | Symposium: Revisiting Maslow: Human Needs in the 21st Century

Be Yourself! How Am I Not myself?

II. Society and Politics: Between Essentialist and Existentialist Authenticity

verfasst von: Uriel Abulof

Erschienen in: Society | Ausgabe 6/2017

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Abstract

Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs is mostly animalistic; only self-actualization is uniquely human. Yet even this token of “human exceptionalism” is hampered by subscribing to essentialist, rather than existentialist, authenticity. If the former is just about recovering an innate, latent, core, it robs humans of their freedom to (re)create who they are. If we dare to choose, we cannot but be ourselves.

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Metadaten
Titel
Be Yourself! How Am I Not myself?
II. Society and Politics: Between Essentialist and Existentialist Authenticity
verfasst von
Uriel Abulof
Publikationsdatum
18.10.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Society / Ausgabe 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-017-0183-0

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