Relational Identity. Subjective Identity from the Perspective of the Philosophy of Dialogue

• Authors: Filipiak Magdalena
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article analyses the subject’s identity from the perspective of the relations category. We can adopt the following assumptions starting from the Latin etymology of the concept of relatio and the conceptualisation of dialogue in the philosophical tradition. First, relational identity is a specific experience of „between” for the philosophy of dialogue, an encounter, the presence of others, communities, the world, culture, etc. Second, the relationship is understood as an attitude; life within the framework of relations and references to other people is necessarily a relationship taking place in an axiological space. The relationship understood in this way can be conceptualised as a type of engagement, which, on the side of the philosophy of dialogue, corresponds to the ideas of responsibility, respect, ethics of discourse, or reference to the community. Finally, the third element of the Latin understanding of the concept of relation is the linguistic, articulatory, and narrative dimension, which is consistent with the understanding of the relationship as reporting and telling. From this perspective, the relationship is a possibility of understanding, interpreting, and articulating the context, situation, meaning, or significance experienced by the subject. All these elements constitute the relational nature of the subjective identity.

Keywords

EN

Dialogue; philosophy of dialogue; relation; subjective identity

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2025
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 45-58

Contributors

author

Filipiak Magdalena

• Department of Philosophy of Politics and Social Communication in the Faculty of Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań.