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June 1, 1993Political Psychology14 citations

Multiplicity, Identity and the Horrors of Selfhood: Failures in the Postmodern Position

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JGJames M. GlassUniversity of Mary

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This article looks at certain psychological problems in the post modern theory of self; specifically the concept of multiplicity and how that concept is to be understood. Considerable attention is given to Jean Baudrillard's notion of multiplicity, meaning and truth; in addition the essay examines the concept of multiplicity of self through the experience of multiple personality disorder. What is it that this experience reveals about the post modern theory of self and its celebration of 'multiplicity'? A case study Molly is used to raise questions about the psychological and practical implications of living with an unbounded, 'multiple'

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