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14544835 No.14544835 [Reply] [Original]

Books that critique identity?

>> No.14544843

That’s a really broad term. In what way?

>> No.14544857

>>14544843
Social, psychological, epistemilogical/ontological

Especially interested in the first two.

>> No.14544862

>>14544857
The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth. Nearly everything by Nabokov.

>> No.14545030

Gender Trouble

>> No.14545160

>>14544835
The entire mainstream of postwar sociology and anthropology, literally just show up to your local college nowadays for your prescribed dose of social subversion

>> No.14545169

>>14544835
Kino no Tabi

Her entire goal in life is to travel and learn and to exist without an identity as she does so.

>> No.14545179

>>14545160
*snorts ideology*
OHHHH YEA THE GOOD STUFF

>> No.14545182

Deleuze and Adorno

>> No.14545374

>>14545179
People without ideological conviction are hallow indivudalist cucks

>> No.14545383

>>14545374
you are a dogmatist, nothing more.

>> No.14545389

>>14545383
>it's bad to have consistent beliefs over time instead of flittering about

>> No.14545415

>>14545389
yes actually. it's bad to be stagnant and have unstudied dogmatic beliefs with no basis other than your fantasy land. change is good and necessary. I can smell the ideological fumes coming out of you.

>> No.14545674

>>14545415
woah based rational and enlightened centrist

>> No.14545809

>>14545674
I'm none of those things. Stop indulging in ideology and read a good book once in your life.

>> No.14546234

>>14545389
>never changes his beliefs because new information can contradict his ideology
Yeah, I'm thinking you're the retard

>> No.14546393
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14546393

>being a cuck to nonorganic egregores(collective thought forms) , drained of vital energy and purpose
No identity or ideology ,such concepts are useless and limiting to an ascended soul
>When will you virgins ever learn?

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>>14545374
>>14545389

>> No.14547547

Bump

>> No.14547583

Difference et Repetition

>> No.14547671

What does that mean? How does one critique identity and why would you even want to critique it?

>> No.14547713

>>14547671
I think he means that identity doesn't matter ?
Like having honor, names, vain, pride are meaningless shit.