Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century

What Is It Like To Be A Person Today? To Think Feel And Act As An Individual In A Time Of Accelerated Social Cultural Technological And Political Change? This Question Is Inspired By The Double Meaning Of Subjectivity As Both The ''First-Personness'' Of Consciousness (Being A Subject Of Experience) And The Conditioning Of That Consciousness Within Society (Being Subject To Power Authority Or Influence). The Contributors To This Volume Explore The Perils And Promise Of The Self In Today''S World. Their Shared Aim Is To Describe Where We Stand And What Is At Stake As We Move Ahead In The Twenty-First Century. They Do So By Interrogating The Historical Moment As A Predicament Of The Subject. Their Shared Focus Is On Subjectivity As A Dialectic Of Self And Other Or Individual And Society And How The Defining Tensions Of Subjectivity Are Reflected In Contemporary Forms Of Individualism Identity Autonomy Social Connection And Political Consciousness.