Here are some key themes and concepts related to different philosophical and psychological perspectives on self and identity:
Self-Reflecting and Self-as-Subject: Existentialist concepts of radical freedom and responsibility; the phenomenological notion of the self as embodied subjectivity. Key thinkers: Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre.
Self-Mirroring: The self as constructed through language, symbols, and media. Key thinkers: McLuhan, Deleuze, Watts.
Self-in-Community and Self-in-Relation: The self as formed through relationships and social contexts. Key thinkers: Campbell, Armstrong.
Self-Expression and Self-as-Linguist: The self as expressed and shaped through language and communication. Key thinkers: Rogers, Dewey.
Self-as-Life: The self as inextricably connected with the vital impulse of life itself. Key thinkers: Campbell, Schrödinger, Bateson.
Self-as-Healer: The ability of the self to achieve wholeness, integration and well-being. Key thinkers: Kabat-Zinn, Maslow.
Self-in-Universe and Self-as-Knower: The self as a center of experience, thought, perception and knowledge. Key thinkers: Wittgenstein, Husserl.
Self-as-Experiential-Inventor: The self as creatively shaping its own experiences and understandings. Key thinkers: Deleuze, Wilber.
Self-as-Earth-Steward: The self as fundamentally interconnected with and responsible for the natural environment. Key thinkers: Naess, Matsuno.
Self-as-Social-Being: The self as formed within a social and cultural matrix. Key thinkers: Fromm, Merleau-Ponty.
Self-as-Explorer-of-Experience: The self as oriented toward exploring, understanding and integrating experiences. Key thinkers: Aron, Nussbaum.
Self-as-Learner-and-Teacher: The self as developed through learning, teaching, and education. Key thinkers: Vygotsky, Baudrillard.
Self-as-Spiritual-Being: The self as striving for meaning, purpose and connection beyond the material. Key thinkers: Nussbaum, Seligman, Sartre.