Since the dawn of the Enlightenment, the idea of subjectivity has generated and continues to generate enormous amounts of discussion and research, especially in the fields of philosophy and human sciences. In his book Self & Other: Exploring Subjectivity, Empathy, and Shame (Oxford University Press, 2014), Dan Zahavi gives a brief overview of different attempts to define or provide an account of the meaning and origins of the self.
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