The role of the other in philosophical self-construction illustrated by an autobiographical model

Annotation

The article is devoted to the philosophical self-construction of the subject in the autobiography. The author of the article pays attention to the great role of the Other in this process. Autobiography seems to be the result not only of self-reflection, but also the result of the intersubjective experience. In the first part of the article the author explores this experience, in which relationships with The Other enrich the content of the Self ’s experience. The new author’s “I” is conceptualized in the article as the author’s alter ego. The second part of the article is devoted to the ethical and aesthetic issues. The author’s alter ego is transformed into a full-fledged and independent hero, into an artistic image of a person passing his way.

Keywords

autobiography, intersubjectivity, The Other, intentionality, representation, ethics, aesthetics.

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