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Existential Selfhood

Existential Selfhood is a philosophical construct within atheistic existentialism that denotes the individual’s self-conception as an autonomous, meaning-creating agent who assumes radical responsibility for identity formation in the absence of transcendent or divine determinants.

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2017–2026

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The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness

The Medical Journal of Australia · 1966 · 1.5K citations

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Embodiment and Experience: The Existential Ground of Culture and Self

Theresa M. O'Nell, Thomas J. Csordas · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 1996 · 1.3K citations

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Embodiment and Experience: The Existential Ground of Culture and Self

Adeline Masquelier · American Ethnologist · 1997 · 594 citations

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Blinded by Sight: Divining the Future of Anthropology in Africa

Francis B. Nyamnjoh · Africa Spectrum · 2012 · 152 citations · Full text

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The Existential Self in Society

Alan Woolfolk, Joseph A. Kotarba, Andrea Fontana · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1986 · 127 citations

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Authors

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  1. VD
    Veena Das

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    1 publications · 53 citations

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  2. HP
    Harry Pettit

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  3. DW
    Denise Warren

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  4. TS
    Tendayi Sithole

    University of South Africa, South Africa

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  5. RR
    Rein Raud

    Tallinn University, Estonia

    1 publications · 17 citations

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Institutions

55

  1. University of Southern Denmark

    Odense, Denmark

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    160 citations

  2. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    130 citations

  3. City, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    25 citations

  4. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    45 citations

  5. Saybrook University

    Pasadena, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  7. Region Zealand

    Roskilde, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  8. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    152 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Humanistic Psychology

    JHP · 3 publications · 92 citations

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  2. The Humanistic Psychologist

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 24 citations

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  4. African Identities

    2 publications · 53 citations

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  5. Inquiry

    2 publications · 45 citations

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