I Am: A Personal History--The Formation of a Sexual Consciousness

Alan Anderson Christopher

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A look into history tracing the development of consciousness through a line of thinkers accumulating in a sexual conception of the self. "The immanence that resides throughout creation is the exact sexual nature of creation. We cannot speak of who we are without first and foremost mentioning the sexual nature of our beings, our own creation. Yes, I, am sexual." I Am: A Personal History--The Formation of a Sexual Consciousness

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Human sexual activity

Informations

• Publié par: First Edition Design Publishing
• Date de parution: 27 septembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781622871834
• Langue: English

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I Am: A Personal History, The Formation of a Sexual Consciousness
Christopher Alan Anderson


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I Am: A Personal History, The Formation of a Sexual Consciousness



Christopher Alan Anderson
I Am: A Personal History, The Formation of a Sexual Consciousness
Copyright 2012 Christopher Alan Anderson
ISBN 978-1622871-83-4

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Preface
The question, “Who am I?” has been upon us since the dawn of consciousness. How much progress has been made in answering this question seems uncertain.
In this work, I attempt to answer the question, “Who am I?” I attempt to do this in a historical way, through a line of thinkers that have had an influence on my own conception of myself.
Essentially, I am directing my own thought through these thinkers, touching upon an aspect of them that they represent to form a progression from one to the next. I have used my own leeway in my interpretation of these thinkers in forming this progression, as this is my own personal history and is by no means what may be called an objective account of their thought.
The progression is, for the most part, chronological and evolutionary. Towards the end the chronology breaks down as the focus on the chain of thought I am seeking to develop takes priority. Also, flexibility must be given considering the evolutionary aspect. Some thinkers in their focus actually envelop others, while some focused on specific aspects which they considered crucial before any conception of the self can even be considered.
One may notice that most of these thinkers are philosophers. My own progression, though, turns away from philosophy at Freud. Philosophy at this point, to my way of thinking, proceeded into a more analytical mode. Another person may not make this turn. In fact, another may not even begin a progression of thought in the philosophic arena but in the religious, scientific, or even artistic realm. This is only my own attempt to answer for myself, “Who am I?” You own thoughts may progress and conclude very differently. My attempt is only to have one give thought to their own conception of themselves.
List of Thinkers Forming a Progression of Consciousness

470-399 B.C. Socrates I AM Inquiry
428-348 B.C. Plato I AM Idea
384-322 B.C. Aristotle I AM Purpose
6 B.C.-30 A.D. Jesus I AM Love
354-430 Augustine I AM Separate
1225-1274 Aquinas I AM Rational
1483-1546 Luther I AM Conscience
1596-1650 Descartes I AM Certainty
1632-1677 Spinoza I AM Immanent
1632-1704 Locke I AM Experience
1711-1776 Hume I AM Boundary
1712-1778 Rousseau I AM Natural
1724-1804 Kant I AM Perspective
1770-1831 Hegel I AM Process
1788-1860 Schopenhauer I AM Will
1803-1882 Emerson I AM Spirit
1809-1882 Darwin I AM Evolution
1813-1855 Kierkegaard I AM Choice
1817-1862 Thoreau I AM Solitude
1818-1883 Marx I AM History
1819-1892 Whitman I AM Physical
1828-1910 Tolstoy I AM Peace
1844-1900 Nietzsche I AM Value
1856-1939 Freud I AM Desire
1875-1961 Jung I AM Unity
1905-1982 Ayn Rand I AM Identity
1878-1965 M. Buber I AM Relationship
1897-1957 W. Reich I AM Sexual
1871-1963 W. Russell I AM Order
1885-1930 D.H. Lawrence I AM Conscious
I AM, Socrates
I look outward and so notice that I look out from within myself. What is this sense within me? I do not know as of now but this will be my inquiry.
I ask the question, “Who am I?” I do not know. But I do know that this is the first time I can remember myself being conscious of my asking. Possibly this will be my significance.