Write a 2–3-page paper explaining the artichoke idea of the self. Remember to ex

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Write a 2–3-page paper explaining the artichoke idea of the self. Remember to explain specific theories with supporting citations from the textbook and online lectures. (Here is a guide to help you with APA-style citations.)

As you develop your response, you might find some of the following questions to be relevant:

What is the existential idea of the self?

What do you make of the feminist, existential, and non-Western critiques of/alternatives to the essentialist/avocado self? Are there any problems with the idea that human beings are fundamentally rational creatures?

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Have you seen an artichoke? An artichoke is a layered edible and cultivated plant, and it persists with the absence of a core. The artichoke without the presence of a core metaphorically implies that humans, as a result are dynamic creatures, changing rapidly with the passing moments. This is called as the artichoke/protean view of self.

Whereas, The avocado - a type of fruit - after the peeling of its layers, has a strong and enduring core, that persists and is common across all fruits; it could also be categorized as the innate components that are common to all humans and have a stabilized nature as a consequence. This is called the avocado/essentialist view of self. Now, Juxtapose these plants with human nature.

There exists two kinds of ideas of self across people, the avocado and the artichoke.

For a considerably long time it has been believed by virtue of a construct called gender, that females are understood to be inherently irrational creatures and men are believed to be rational beings.

Now, according to the existential, feminist and non western critique it is believed that people cannot be categorized into certain categories owing to their given associations with an identified construct of a group be it gender, cultural or ethnically oriented. Because, that means, by virtue of associations we impose certain irrationalities on these given groups, that we then superimpose on the entire given population of that group. When this is not case - people are different from each other, be they from the same group of association - in all rationalities and irrationalities.

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