Description
Personal Identity and Gift
Book Summary
This essay proposes a profound and original exploration of personal identity, moving away from the dominant currents in philosophy and psychology. The author begins with a fundamental question—Who am I?—to guide the reader on an intellectual adventure that finds in dramatic action and theater the space where the self can be shaped and manifested. A work that connects philosophical reflection with life experience.
What is it about?
Starting from dissatisfaction with traditional approaches to the self, Ana Álvarez Garrido develops an investigation that moves from doubt to certainty. The book does not limit itself to analyzing theories, but rather builds a path in which the reader is invited to participate. Through a narrative that sometimes takes on literary overtones, the work leads to theater as a metaphor and real space where identity unfolds: a place where the self can be and become, representing an essential action that, in the end, reveals itself to be as surprising and dramatic as life itself.
Main Topics
- The search for personal identity and the question of the self.
- Critique of the dominant philosophical and psychological currents regarding the subject.
- Dramatic action and theater as models for understanding the configuration of the self.
- The relationship between truth, intuition, and life experience in the construction of identity.
- Gift and the encounter with oneself through performance.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in philosophy, psychology, and the humanities, especially those who seek alternative and creative approaches to understanding personal identity. It will also be of great interest to professionals and students of theater, dramaturgy, and the performing arts who want to explore the connections between dramatic action and the construction of the self.
What this book contributes
- An original and unconventional perspective on personal identity, far from standard academic manuals.
- An interdisciplinary approach that combines philosophy, psychology, and dramatic art.
- An invitation to personal reflection through an accessible and suggestive narrative.
- A tool to rethink the concept of the self through action and performance.
Technical Data
- Author: Álvarez Garrido, Ana
- Publisher: Editorial Eutelequia, S.L.U.
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: LITERARY ESSAYS, HUMANITIES, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION AND BELIEFS, PSYCHOLOGY
- Collection: ESSAY
- Binding: Paperback
- Date of publication: November 2010
- Number of pages: 414
- Weight: 511 g
Editorial Assessment
This is a valuable work for those seeking a rigorous yet creative reflection on identity. The author succeeds in building bridges between philosophy and the performing arts, offering a reading that stimulates both critical thinking and aesthetic sensibility. Her approach, which starts from a simple but profound question, makes it an attractive proposal for an educated and curious audience.