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Catttt Posted 6 years ago
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Not in the sense of identity

I think there is a contradiction between the highlighted sections of the following paragraph. Do you take it the same as me? It first says "the true self is not in the sense of identity" and then says "the sense of being coexists with identity".

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This desire to withhold comfort from the audience is not out of meanness but stems from a need to dissolve the defence mechanisms of the false self (selves) that we develop to enable us to withstand the threats and impingements of everyday life. Abramovic’s work is a search for the true self not in the sense of identity but in the sense of being, which Winnicott relays: ‘This sense of being is something that antedates the idea of being-at-one with, because there has not yet been anything else except identity (Art and Psychoanalysis by Maria Walsh).?
  

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As to the first, she is not saying that the true self does not consist in the sense of identity. She is merely saying that although the true self can be thought of as the sense of identity, Abramovic is not using that sense. Abramovic is using the other sense, the sense of being.

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  • As to the first, she is not saying that the true self does not consist in the sense of identity.
  • She is merely saying that although the true self can be thought of as the sense of identity, Abramovic is not using that sense.
  • Abramovic is using the other sense, the sense of being.
  • As to the second, Winnicott is not saying that sense of being coexists with identity but that it is identity in the beginning.
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As to the first, she is not saying that the true self does not consist in the sense of identity. She is merely saying that although the true self can be thought of as the sense of identity, Abramovic is not using that sense. Abramovic is using the other sense, the sense of being.

As to the second, Winnicott is not saying that sense of being coexists with identity but

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