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The Origins of selves
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1989
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17Th CenturyCultureSocial IdentityPersonal IdentityHumanitiesExistentialismImmaterial GhostSelf-awarenessHuman ConditionCultural HistoryLanguage StudiesAutonomyCollective SelfSocial AnthropologyCultural AnthropologySocial SciencesPhilosophy Of Mind
What is a self? Since Descartes in the 17th Century we have had a vision of the self as a sort of immaterial ghost that owns and controls a body the way you own and control your car.