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What does selfhood mean?

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Noun
  1. (philosophy) State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
  2. The fully developed self; one's personality, character.
  3. The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.
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The narrative view of selfhood has, a further purpose to connect ipseity with alterity.
Identity in these contemporary worlds, writes Bean and Moni, is constructed through the consumption of goods with selfhood vested in things.
I assume that she is invoking the liberal, atomistic concept of selfhood which posits a self prior to social relations.
Moreover, a polyphonic style resists univocal concepts of selfhood, which posit the self as knowable and unified.
Through his constant narrativizing, Ambrose constructs a portrait of himself as a fiction and his narratives constitute his selfhood.
It's like a hothouse, in whose controlled climate people can develop their selfhood to the full.

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