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The Return of Subjectivity: From a Multiplicity of Selves to the Dialogical Self

TL;DR: In this article, a dialogical view of the self is presented as possible solutions for the epistemological problems of subjectivity in self-identity, unity and multiplicity.
Abstract: Psychology has been increasingly recognizing the multiplicity of the self. However, this recognition raises the problem of explaining how a sense of self-identity is achieved within a multiplicity of selves. Two theoretical orientations playing a major role in the study of the plurality of the self: the social-cognitive perspective, in which self is studied as an information-processing device, and the social constructionist framework, in which self is understood as a matter of social and linguistic negotiation. Nevertheless, it is argued that these orientations are still trapped in several epistemological problems and the final result leaves no space for subjectivity. Dialogism and the dialogical view of the self are presented as possible solutions for those problems. Conceiving self as a result of the dialogicality, unity and multiplicity appear as two contrasting, but united poles of a dialogical and (inter)subjective self.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a more elaborate approach to teacher identity, conceived of as both unitary and multiple, both continuous and discontinuous, and both individual and social, is presented.

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TL;DR: The experience of uncertainty motivates individuals and groups to find l... as discussed by the authors The authors of as discussed by the authors describe the increasing impact of globalization on self and identity and at the same time a growing uncertainty.
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  • ...When people communicate with each other in dialogical ways, there is not only a speaker and an addressee, but also one or more implicit or hidden audiences (Marková, 2006; Salgado & Hermans, 2005) that are, as third parties, the objects of speech (the ridiculed group in the example)....

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  • ...Two or more internal voices can construct a personal space as a productive field for inner dialogues and for the authentic construction of meaning, a field that is continuously exposed to the field of social relationships and expanded by it (Salgado & Hermans, 2005)....

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10 May 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of globalization and localization on self and identity has been discussed and discussed in a historical perspective: traditional, modern, post-modern, and dialogical models.
Abstract: Introduction 1. The impact of globalization and localization on self and identity 2. Self and identity in historical perspective: traditional, modern, post-modern, and dialogical models 3. Positioning theory and dialogue 4. Positioning and dialogue in life-long development 5. A dialogical view of emotions 6. Practical implications for organizations, motivation, and conflict-resolution.

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TL;DR: For instance, the authors discusses the multiplicity of the consciousness of self in the form of the stream of thought and the perception of space in the human brain, which is the basis for our work.
Abstract: Arguably the greatest single work in the history of psychology. James's analyses of habit, the nature of emotion, the phenomenology of attention, the stream of thought, the perception of space, and the multiplicity of the consciousness of self are still widely cited and incorporated into contemporary theoretical accounts of these phenomena.

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