Identity and Difference: Contemporary Debates on the Self

Introduction Identity and Difference: Rafael Winkler, University of Johannesburg.- 1. Persons, Characters and the Meaning of 'Narrative': Alfonso Munoz Corcuera, National Autonomous University of Mexico.- 2. Rethinking Narrativity: Hanne Jacobs, Loyola University Chicago.- 3. Being my-self? Montaigne on difference and authenticity: Vincent Caudron, KU Leuven.- 4. Specifically Human? The limited conception of self-consciousness in theories of reflective endorsement: Irene Bucelli, King's College London.- 5. Making the case for political anthropology: Understanding and resolving the backlash against liberalism: Rockwell Clancy, University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.- 6. The Decentred Autonomous Subject: Kathy Buttersworth, University of Kent.- 7. Exploring Rape as a Crime Against the Erotic: Louise du Toit, Stellenbosch University.- 8. Making Mischief: Thinking Through Women's Solidarity And Sexuate Difference with Lucy Irigary and Gayatri Spivak: Laura Roberts, The University of Queensland, Australia.- 9. SOFTDAD: Self and Other in Fronto Temporal Dementia and Alzheimer's disease: Marie-Christine Nizzi, Harvard University.- 10. The 'Africanness' of White South Africans?: Sharli Paphitis and Lindsay Kelland, Rhodes University.