TY  - UNPB
TI  - A Dramaturgical Conception of Authentic Living
EP  - 84
AV  - public
Y1  - 2024/01/28/
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ID  - discovery10185017
N2  - The philosopher?s task of formulating what authenticity consists in is made complicated when two
seemingly conflicting intuitions are considered. On one hand, our liberal intuition suggests that
authenticity entails resisting societal influences and acknowledging oneself as the primary source of
one?s endeavours. On the other hand, our communitarian intuition suggests that comprehending
one?s identity - the source of the authentic person?s endeavours - necessitates reference to one?s
relations to others and positions within the pre-existing world-order. Combining the two intuitions,
we may infer the puzzle of authenticity: How can we fulfil the demand from authenticity if it
requires that we resist interpersonal influences when our understanding of who we are is derived
from our interactions and relation to others? The aim of the thesis is to resolve the puzzle of
authenticity by arguing for a Kinda Sartrean dramaturgical conception of personal identity
(Chapter 1) and authentic living (Chapter 2). Drawing from Sartre?s notion of ambiguity and
contemporary ideas prevalent in narrative theory literature, Chapter 1, in dramaturgical terms, gives
form to the communitarian idea that identity-work is a dialogical process. Chapter 2 argues that you
can be said to live authentically if (i) you engage in identity-work in good faith and (ii) your coactors have the appropriate interpretative framework to make sense of your identity. This implies
that living authentically is not solely within an individual?s control; one?s possibility to live
authentically, i.e. intelligibly as oneself, is in part dependent on others. Chapter 3 anticipates and
tackles the challenge arising from the concept of unmasked authenticity by examining Iris
Murdoch?s idea of love as a moral vision that reveals another?s ?true self.?
UR  - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10185017/
PB  - UCL (University College London)
M1  - Masters
A1  - Sakchatchawan, Chatchaya
ER  -