Identity and liberation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12356828 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Mendieta (0000-0003-0903-885X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 497-502 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-2659 • E-ISSN: 1469-9982 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10402659708426099 |
| OpenAlex | W2013768860 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
How we divide history into periods is always a matter of debate. Like maps, historical markers are tainted by arbitrariness and ideology. Yet periodizations and the great blocks that divide the historical continuum into semi‐discrete identities still retain some usefulness. In contrast to other periods in the human history, our epoch—often called modernity—is characterized by the dominance of subjectivity and its concomitant, identity. Indeed, from the standpoint of philosophy, or any of the human sciences, we live in an epoch in which the philosophy of consciousness, or egology, has reigned
Aesthetics · Arbitrariness · Consciousness · Dominance (genetics · Epistemology · Epoch (astronomy · Galaxy · Identity (music · Ideology · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · History · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |