Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2011
Abstract
The paper is focused on two concepts of being oneself, one of which plays a decisive role in the demarcation of authentic existence in Being and Time while the other is pushed aside by Heidegger by declaring it inauthentic. I take the central concept of the early Heidegger - to be oneself - to show that behind his theory of individuality lies a decision for a particular concept of identity.
I would also like to offer an alternative to the concept that will withstand potential objections from the Heideggerian position, and, in the end, show that for the determination of the human condition it is necessary to take into the account two different notions of being oneself.