Re(2): vvd AND contradication
Katherine Goff (Katherine_Goff who-is-at ceo.cudenver.edu)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 08:55:41 -0700
Eugene writes:
>It is interesting that my son recently admit that he can't play chess with
>himself because he constantly cheats the other side. I remember having
>similar problem myself. I wonder if this is a universal phenomenon and
>people can't honestly compete with an imaginary other.
>
This raises all sorts of issues of identity. Do we create our identities
as a response to others? Do we need an other in order to be some one? Is
it either resistance or compliance? When the other is me, how can I react
against my self? Maybe it's the competitive setting. The belief that one
of the identities must win and one lose. If one person plays both roles,
maybe the winner and the loser can't exist simultaneously in the same
identity. When it's a game against another person, it's not so clear who
will is the winner and who the loser. Those roles emerge in the activity.
Maybe?
Kathie
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