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Introduction
Teconferencecontributionsprovidedanarrayofinsightsintothefieldsug-
gestedabovethatseemedtoustomeritpublication.Forthepurposesofclarity
wehavedecidedtodividethetextssubmittedintofourparts.
Tefirstone,headed“NarcissistsandNeurotics.WritingofDissent,”begins
withNiclasJohansson)sarticlestudyingtherelationbetweennarcissismasalit-
eraryconceptanditsuseinearlypsychoanalysis.Likewise,drawingonFreud)s
theory,MariaKorusiewiczanalysestheAjasecomplexformulatedbyKosawa
Heisaku,amythofoppositepsychicforcesleadingtopositiveresolutionbased
onthreeinterconnectedideas:mutuallove,forgiveness,and“greatcompassion.”
TadeuszLewandowski)scontributiondiscussesthecommunitarianphilosophyof
MichaelSandelasaresponsetoJohnRawls)sliberalprojectinATeoryofJus-
tice.InvokingProtestantradicalismandwhatheterms“thebuccaneertradition,”
StephenDewsburyinhisarticleonHakimBey)sanarchistthought“TeSelfin
TemporaryAutonomousZones”arguesthatself-creativityflourishesinplacesof
non-permanence,historical,discursive,andpsychologicallacunaeemergingat
theintersticesofestablishedstructures.BenjaminBetka)s“De-PressedMasses:
AńectiveDissonanceinMelancholy,Disease,andtheScreened(American?)
World”focusesonthe“selving”processesinAmericanculturewhichemerged
inresponsetoFreud)stheory.Tearticlepositstheselfastextwhilerealigning
theneuroscientificconceptsof“patient,”“health,”and“therapy.”Telastarticle
inthissectionisTomaszGnat)s“Narcissus)sNarcosis:FormationofSelf,Disin-
tegrationofSelf:AQuestionofInteractiveEntertainmentandPlayer-Character
IdentityCorrelation”whichdiscussesthequestionsofselfformationanddisinte-
grationininteractiveentertainment.
Tesecondpartheaded“Herstories.TeSelfandWomen)sLiterature”com-
prisesfivearticles.KarenFerreira-Meyersin“DoublingorDividingtheSelf:
ExamplesfromAutofictionalWritingasInfluencedbyPsychoanalysis”investi-
gatestheinevitablelinkbetweenpsychoanalysisandautofictionintheworkof
NinaBouraouiandAmélieNothomb,studyingthetechniqueswherebythetwo
authorsbringaboutadoublingordividingoftheSelfintonumerousconscious
andunconscioussub-selves.Similarly,AnnaBugajska)sarticle“DescentIntoHell.
PaulineAnstruther)sLongWaytoHerSelf”focusesontheideaofdoppelgaenger
inCharlesWilliams)snovelDescentIntoHellunderstoodastheessentialaspect
ofconsciousnesswelearntogiveupaspartofoursocialization,ourterrorand
error,aterriblegood,notamenacingshadowbutsomethingwesacrificefor
thesakeofothers.GrażynaZygadło)scontribution“CIchangemyself,Ichange
theworld)…”analysesthefunctionsofstorytellinginethnicliterature,while
SławomirKuźnicki)sreadingofMargaretAtwood)sTeHandmaid)sTalestresses
theself-therapeuticcontextofwritinginanoppressivesociety.Telastarticle
inthesection,“IntheSearchforSelf:FemaleIdentityandSubjectivityinDoris
Lessing)sCToRoomNineteen)”inquiresintothe“othering”processesinvolvedin
trueself-expression,adiscussionrelyingonJuliaKristeva)sconceptofabjection.
