The Problematic of the Self

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In this article the writer discusses the problematic nature of the self in postmodern society, that can be demonstrated in the use of modern technology such as the Internet. The writer examines a self whose boundaries are fluid and uncertain as technology allows one to create new virtual environments that challenge the certainties fostered by traditional social settings for the self.

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"In researching background for this essay the writer came across a famous cartoon published in the New Yorker magazine in the early 1990s. The cartoon depicted two dogs sitting at a computer, with the caption showing one dog saying to the other: "On the Internet nobody knows you're a dog." This illustration from the early years of the Internet is revealing of the problematic nature of the self in postmodern society."

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