The Civil Self: Authenticity Without Alienation
Location
Beaman A&B
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
27-9-2012 10:00 AM
Description
Civility is the respectful disposition to others and to ideas that permits true community by opening space for productive critique and collective deliberation. However, existential authenticity depends upon determining the self’s identity free of social expectation, influence, and bias. Can we be authentic without being alienated from community?
Recommended Citation
Walton, Melanie, "The Civil Self: Authenticity Without Alienation" (2012). Humanities Symposium. 16.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2012/2012/16
The Civil Self: Authenticity Without Alienation
Beaman A&B
Civility is the respectful disposition to others and to ideas that permits true community by opening space for productive critique and collective deliberation. However, existential authenticity depends upon determining the self’s identity free of social expectation, influence, and bias. Can we be authentic without being alienated from community?
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