Identity, Narcissism, and Contemporary Culture

Document Type

Podcast

Publication Date

3-5-2023

Keywords

identity, narcissism, contemporary culture

Abstract

We discuss, some more, the idea of identity, the difference between identity and identification, the struggle over the recognition of identity as the key to understanding much of what is going on in the world today, the meaning of narcissism, the difference between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, narcissism and the ego ideal (Ichideal), the strivings for singularity and uniqueness, whether quests for perfection and improvement are always tinged with narcissism, how the biblical ideal of sanctification might offer a different striving for perfection, and what Ecclesiastes might teach us on these issues.

Journal Title

In Media Res with Glanz & Jerončić

Volume

1

Issue

4

First Department

Old Testament

Second Department

Theology and Christian Philosophy

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