Fascinating article on Hegel, historicism and human nature by Jon Stewart in Aeon magazine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, we dedicate much of our lives to developing and asserting some sense of personal self-identity that is identifiable and separable from that of others. People have become increasingly creative in the ways in which this is done. The obsession today of creating a profile for oneself on social media has often been cited as an example of the narcissism of the modern age. It lends itself to an exaggeration of the importance of one\u2019s activities and accomplishments and tends to tune out anything in the external world, such as one\u2019s failures or shortcomings, that doesn\u2019t fit with the narrative one wants to tell about oneself. In all of this we see sometimes seemingly desperate attempts to create a fictional persona for ourselves that\u2019s different from others. Independent of any actual facts, people can become authors of their own stories \u2013 true or imaginary \u2013 that they can tell as they wish.<\/p>The Subjective Turn<\/em>, Aeon<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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