Self-awareness, norms, and emotions, all on video

The Center for Subjectivity Research, led by Professor Dan Zahavi, is an interdisciplinary melting pot of neuroscientists, theologians and philosophers. If that wasn't interdisciplinary enough for you, they have also started making films

by Christoffer Zieler, English version by Sebastian Zieler

We all know the feeling. Sitting there, bowl of milk and cornflakes in front of us, throwing ourselves a few fast ones before the start of the day:

»Does the self exist? Is it real or an illusion? What is the relationship between the self and consciousness? What is the relationship between the self and others? Does the self exist when we're alone, or only when we're in company? What is the relationship between the self, experience, self-awareness and self-hood? Or the self and the values we associate with ourselves?«

At the Center for Subjectivity Research at the University of Copenhagen, they've stopped interrogating their breakfast and made the study of the self become the goal in itself.

Can the self be caught on camera? People talking about it certainly can - and here are the links to prove it! Happy self-hunting through these interesting clips:

1. Introduction (Dan Zahavi) - 2:27
2. Self and Consciousness (Joel Krueger) - 3:31
3. Self Disorders (Josef Parnas) - 3:19
4. Self, Emotions and Normativity (Arne Grøn) - 1:21
5. Self, Emotions and Normativity 2 (Claudia Welz) - 1:31
6. Developmental Perspectives on Self (Dan Zahavi) - 2:41

chz@adm.ku.dk

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