Mere verbal identification of individual and state changes no one’s consciousness.
Evidence
The other, however, can recognize me without struggle: “The individual, who has not staked his Me, may, no doubt, be recognized as a person, but he has not attained the truth of this recognition as an independent self-consciousness.” — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 788 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Recognition given without struggle never constitutes genuine self-consciousness — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 788; The new identification produces a self that did not preexist it.; Self-certainty requires recognition from the other
Related
- Recognition given without struggle never constitutes genuine self-consciousness (similarity 0.87)
- Self-certainty requires recognition from the other (similarity 0.87)
- Self-consciousness depends on being recognized by another consciousness (similarity 0.84)
- Human worth depends on recognition by another person (similarity 0.79)
- Self-consciousness only becomes truth through the Other’s recognition (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Recognition given without struggle never constitutes genuine self-consciousness
#expands(0.85) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 788 - The new identification produces a self that did not preexist it.
#expands(0.82) - Self-certainty requires recognition from the other
#responds-to(0.75)