Neither recognition nor dialogue

I and the other selves in Juan Ramón Jiménez

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Keywords:

Juan Ramón Jiménez, Other self, Recognition, Dialogue, Strangeness

Abstract

The experience of the double consists in the ego perceiving that it is not only itself, but that, within it, there are other selves. The I experiences an inner estrangement. This experience was exemplarily intense in the life of Juan Ramón Jiménez and determined the direction of his poetic thought. The relationship that Juan Ramón maintained with his other selves was neither of recognition nor of dialogue. He neither recognized himself in them nor conversed with them. Rather, it was a violent relationship in which Juan Ramón only tried to silence the voice of those other selves, because he thought that their mere existence endangered the survival of his own personality.

Author Biography

Antonio Gutiérrez-Pozo, Universidad de Sevilla

University of Seville (US), Seville – Spain. Professor of Aesthetics in the Department of Aesthetics and History of Philosophy.

   

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Published

28/12/2025

How to Cite

Gutiérrez-Pozo, A. (2025). Neither recognition nor dialogue: I and the other selves in Juan Ramón Jiménez. Revista De Letras, 64, e025001. Retrieved from https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/20572

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