The existential self

What does Kierkegaard, writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, mean by describing the self as a relation that relates to itself? Why does Heidegger insist on using the term Dasein rather than writing about subjectivity? What does Sartre’s claim that “existence precedes essence” mean for a theory of the self? This video investigates existentialist themes in these three thinkers’ approaches to the self and identity. I touch on self-relation (the topic of my upcoming book on existential phenomenology), nothingness, anxiety, and authenticity. The unifying theme throughout these thinkers’ approaches to the self is the idea that the self is both situated and free… Ellie Anderson https://open.substack.com/pub/ellieanderphd/p/the-existential-self-kierkegaard?r=35ogp&utm_medium=ios