The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to… — Erving Goffman
The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to mature, to die; it is a dramatic effect arising diffusely from a scene that is presented.
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