CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Impression Management, Tabula Rasa, George Herbert Mead
20 Jan 2017
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Brief overview of the notion of the self in western though. Account of key points from george herbert mead. Examination of the central ideas of erving goffman. An important constituent [part] of our personal identity is found in the interplay of memories, imaginations, perceptions, ad in the flow of our awareness of interior time. robert sokolowski. It is the flow of time that constitutes selfhood, if time stops, you stop. The present doesn"t exist only past and future, creating an illusion that the present exists. Inward soul, and an external body this constitutes the self. Desire you have to do what is right. What is logical, rational, and correct o o o. But you are being driven by two horses desire and spirit. Becoming a person is much about learning to control your impulses; it is a constant process. The self is a concept rather than a thing.
