Mutual eye contact is inherently reciprocal and self-revealing

Evidence

The only means of breaking this vicious circle that throws me back on myself is to restore to the other, through mediation and recognition, his human reality, which is different from natural reality. The other has to perform the same operation. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 782 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Others’ signaled openness governs whether one initiates talk; Modern transport created sustained mutual looking without speech; Mutual recognition is the sole escape from solipsistic self-enclosure — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 782 (+10 more)

Related

• Mutual recognition establishes a symmetrical dependence between self and Other (similarity 0.90)
• Mutual recognition is the sole escape from solipsistic self-enclosure (similarity 0.89)
• Self-consciousness depends on being recognized by another consciousness (similarity 0.84)
• Self-certainty requires recognition from the other (similarity 0.84)
• Human worth depends on recognition by another person (similarity 0.83)
• Nonverbal relation can be established through a sign of shared inquiry (similarity 0.81)
• Others’ signaled openness governs whether one initiates talk (similarity 0.80)
• The neurotic conflict between self-denial and self-assertion is resolved only through universal human connection (similarity 0.79)
• Modern transport created sustained mutual looking without speech (similarity 0.79)
• Access to another’s being requires their self-knowledge, which is impossible (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Self-consciousness depends on being recognized by another consciousness #corroborates (0.75)
• Mutual recognition is the sole escape from solipsistic self-enclosure #corroborates (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 782
• Self-certainty requires recognition from the other #corroborates (0.70)
• Individual motives become social only through forms of mutual interaction #expands (0.65) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 194
• The friend-enemy distinction dissolves only through mutual recognition within shared space #expands (0.60)
• Co-presence does not require awareness of the other’s presence #complicates (0.60)
• The individual’s inner mental relations mirror social relations among persons #expands (0.55) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 354