Identitatea în mediile virtuale. Problema meta-narațiunii în domeniul metamorfozelor digitale
Identity in Virtual Environments. The Problem of Meta-Narrative in the Field of Digital Metamorphoses

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the fundamental transformations of human identity in the context of the contemporary digital revolution. Starting from a conceptual analysis of identity in the post-humanist era, the paper investigates how digital technology is not merely a tool, but rather a distinct way of understanding and relating to reality. The study explores how virtual and digital environments trigger a profound mutation in the construction and manifestation of individual identity, arguing that the continuous exposure and permanent openness to the exterior facilitated by digital technology modify the very nature of human identity. The perspective is interdisciplinary, combining philosophical theories about technology with sociological analyses and contemporary cultural studies. Classical concepts of static and unitary identity are critically examined in relation to the new realities of the digital world, where the boundaries between real and virtual, between self and otherness become increasingly diffuse. Special attention is paid to how virtuality transforms the relationship with corporality and physical space, leading to a fusion between identity and technology that goes beyond mere instrumental use. The paper explores the implications of this fusion for the traditional concept of identity and for how we understand ourselves in the digital age.The study’s conclusion emphasizes that we are facing a paradoxical situation: instead of witnessing a withdrawal into the self as a reaction to the assault of the digital new, we are witnessing a continuous and total exposure. Contemporary identity no longer represents a balance between static and dynamic, but becomes so fluid that it risks losing any defining contours. This transformation raises fundamental questions about the future of human identity in the digital age and about our ability to maintain a coherent sense of self amid this technological revolution.

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