Tag: status emotions

  • Self-Esteem and the Death of the Subject

    Self-Esteem and the Death of the Subject

    I have written here repeatedly about the problems with person-oriented reactive attitudes and character skepticism. But recently I came across the work of the psychologist Albert Ellis, whose work is at the intersection of therapeutic psychology and philosophy. His work on self-esteem and person-oriented assessment suggests an interesting new direction for the general insight that we…