%0 Journal Article
%T Self, Other and Other-Self: Going Beyond the Self/Other Binary in Contemporary Consciousness
%A Sami Schalk
%J Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology
%D 2011
%I University of Bucharest
%X Primarily relying on the work of W.E.B. Du Bois and Niklas Luhmann, this article discusses the effects of the mass media on contemporary consciousness, identity and self/other relations. This article proposes an approach to the self/other binary which opens up the possibilities for relations between individuals by including a third term, the other-self, which allows for a fluid, contextualized understanding of the self in a spectrum of relatedness to others in any given moment.
%K Self/other binary
%K identity
%K relationality
%K mass media
%U http://doctorat.sas.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Compaso2011-21-Schalk.pdf