Self and Self-Other Reflexivity

The Apophatic Dimension

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2397872
AutoresNicos Mouzelis (Athens, Greece,), Nicos P Mouzelis (autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen13
Número2
Páginas271-284
Fecha de publicación2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1368431010362299
OpenAlexW2148015816
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas15

By referring to mundane practices as well as to more systematic or theoretical discourses (those of Krishnamurti and Buber), this article shows the utility of focusing on the negatory, apophatic aspects of reflexivity, i.e. on attempts at removing obstacles (mainly thinking, decision-making processes) which prevent the spontaneous emergence of open-ended self-self and self-other relationships

Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Reflexivity · Self · Social science · Sociology · Critical Realism in Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy