Ratcliffe, Matthew James orcid.org/0000-0003-4519-4833 (2024) On Feeling Unable to Continue as Oneself. European Journal of Philosophy. ISSN 0966-8373
Abstract
This paper sets out a phenomenological account of what it is to feel unable to continue as oneself. I distinguish the feeling that a particular identity has become unsustainable from a sense that the world has ceased to offer the kinds of possibilities required to sustain any such identity. In feeling unable to continue as oneself, possibilities may remain for carrying on in practically meaningful ways but not as who one is or was. I reflect on the kinds of self and feeling involved in such experiences, emphasizing the essential openness of self-experience to transformative possibilities and the dynamic structure of feeling. To illustrate and further develop my approach, I turn to experiences of grief.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC AH/T000066/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2024 08:30 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:27 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12958 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/ejop.12958 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211354 |
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