Therapeutic self-transformation fails because no autonomous individual exists

Evidence

In order not to be a given, the for-itself must perpetually constitute itself as in withdrawal in relation to itself; that is, it must leave itself behind it as a datum which it already no longer is. This characteristic of the for-itself implies that it is the being which finds no help, no pillar of support in what it was. But on the other hand, the for-itself is free and can cause there to be a world because the for-itself is the being which has to he what it was in the light of what it will be. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1145 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Moving on from “fusion” means a transition from being someone who is their relationships to someone who has their relationships. It entails a deep reconfiguration of how we make sense of our experience. In Kegan’s language, this means a shift away from a “culture of mutuality” to a more complex “culture of identity, self-authorship, and personal autonomy.” This shift depends upon encountering people and life experiences that demand something more than our reflection in the mirror. It requires individuals and situations that insist on our first-person voice, provoking us to carve out our own unique response to the world. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1446 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Becoming an autonomous self requires others who refuse to be mirrors — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1446; Liberation-from-control paradoxically requires self-control by a prior autonomous self; Self-presence requires an internal separation that is itself nothing (+6 more)

Related

• Becoming an autonomous self requires others who refuse to be mirrors (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Liberation-from-control paradoxically requires self-control by a prior autonomous self #corroborates (0.85)
• Becoming an autonomous self requires others who refuse to be mirrors #expands (0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1446
• The for-itself is defined by self-withdrawal rather than self-identity #corroborates (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1145
• Self-perception is impossible because the for-itself is contingency #corroborates (0.78)
• Tech-idealized self-improvement lifestyles assume a solitary, unencumbered individual #exemplifies (0.78) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 453
• Self-presence requires an internal separation that is itself nothing #corroborates (0.75)
• The self is the individualized completion of concrete situated consciousness #qualifies (0.72)
• The individual has lost the autonomy to realize the species #expands (0.72)