Identity on Credit: Ajax, Achilles, and the Modern Self with Fredrik Westerlund

What happens when the self we imagine drifts further from the one
we actually live? In this episode, philosopher Fredrik Westerlund
joins Craig and Nicholas de Warren to explore his concept of
“identity on credit,” where our sense of self is built on
promises yet to be realized. From Sophocles’ Ajax to Nietzsche,
Deleuze, and Scheler, we trace how recognition, resentment, and
failure shape the modern psyche. Together we ask whether it is
possible to live beyond the creditor–debtor logic of identity.


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