The plural self

"With the emergence of postmodern thinking, the notion of a unified, singular `self' appears increasingly problematic. Yet for many, postmodernism's proclamation of `the death of the subject' is equally problematic. Can we find a way out of this dilemma? The Plural Self suggests we can. As a response to the postmodern dilemma there has been a rapid rise of interest in pluralistic models of the `self' in which the person is conceptualized as a multiplicity of subpersonalities, as a plurality of existential possibilities, or as a `being' which is inextricably in-dialogue-with-others. Combining…