Oneself as Another

By Paul Ricœur

You will learn to think about identity as something constructed through your encounters, your stories, and your commitments. This dialogic book will equip you with the philosophical tools to understand selfhood, navigate ethical life, and recognize the presence of the other at the heart of who you are.

Identity curated online, empathy eroded by polarization, the question of who you are reduced to categories and algorithms. Ricœur wrote Oneself as Another in 1990, bridging analytic and continental philosophy to ask what selfhood truly requires. His answer still cuts through the noise: you cannot know yourself except through your relation to others and the stories you share.