Abstract

In this chapter, I discuss two different contemporary perspectives that attempt to reimagine self and other beyond the conundrums of modernity. These perspectives are interesting to examine as they try to move us beyond the societal predicament in which we are immersed today, and as conceptions of self and other constitute the background of ethical theories. The first one comes from Charles Taylor as articulated in his ethics of authenticity. The second one comes from dialectical materialism—in particular, from Pierre Macherey’s and Franck Fischbach’s studies on Marx—and Étienne Babilar’s work on politics, culture, and identity. In the last part of the chapter, I discuss some implications to the reconceptualization of self and other in the mathematics classroom.