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Any books that talk about/deal with identity? What constitutes the self, how for example one's own memories play a role in this?
Fiction/non-fiction, both welcome. Even non-literature, but this is /lit after all.

>> No.23037505

>>23037503
The Ego And It’s Own

>> No.23037776

bumping so it doesn't die overnight

>> No.23037777

>>23037503
The Boxman by Kobo Abe

>> No.23038924

>>23037503

Proust! That's mainly what he's about - the nature of the self and whether it's an abiding entity as time changes and deep-seated attachments (amorous and sexual) shift.

>> No.23039687

Max Frisch - Stiller

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>>23037503
Edinger's "Anatomy of the Psyche"
u r welcome

>> No.23040846

>>23037777
this and the face of another, got to reread Abe again

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>>23037503
read this too

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recs looking really good, thanks. gonna keep this thread alive just a little longer

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>>23037503
The Divided Self by R.D. Laing

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>>23037503
New York Trilogy by Paul Auster... (it reminded me of Lain when I first read it as a teenager. It's seemingly very different but the themes and atmosphere are quite similar.) Also, another, more recent read of mine I'd recommend is the Jose Saramago book The Double.

>> No.23043041

>>23037503
It’s called the western canon. No it didn’t originally include women.
Yes, it is speculated that they were cattle.

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Here's a list anon
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/145067.ALTER_EGO_s_ES_Library

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