“[M]y discovering my own identity doesn't mean that I work it out in isolation, but that I negotiate it through dialogue, partly overt, partly internal, with others.” SelfDialogueSelf Identity Book:Multiculturalism Source: Multiculturalism
“We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.” WantLongSometimesParentStruggleOur LivesIdentityConversationDisappearSignificantDialogueInstance Book:Philosophical Arguments Source: Philosophical Arguments