Central assumption: the atomistic self

Who are you?

Who are you really?

Changing the assumptions:

Nietzsche --> postmodernism --> ìposthumanî?

Critique: Modern conceptions of self . . .

at best, fiction - where is such a stable, rational self?

at worst, biased (male/Western) - and thus oppressive

Instead: ìselfî as multiple, fluid, fragmented, decentered

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