Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to reconsider sociologically the problem of disidentification in social identity studies. In this paper, this reconsideration is made from the perspective of self-consciousness toward self-dissolution (that is, to dissolve one’s own self). The social discourses that express this self-consciousness toward self-dissolution are called “discourses in self-dissolution.” In this paper, after presenting the general psychological and sociological arguments with regard to self-consciousness, the discourses in the writings of the Japanese Dadaist writer Tsuji Jun (1884-1944) are discussed from a sociological perspective. One type of self-consciousness toward self-dissolution is shown based on sociological considerations, and the problem of discussing self-consciousness toward self-dissolution is illustrated as well. In Section 1 of this paper, the point at issue is set up for addressing self-consciousness toward self-dissolution. In Section 2, the theoretical frame of reference for self-dissolution is discussed by reconsidering psychological and sociological arguments with regard to self-consciousness. In Section 3, the discourses regarding self-dissolution in Tsuji’s text are displayed concretely, and the structure of his thought is examined. The singularity of his self-consciousness toward self-dissolution is also considered. That singularity is examined from the perspective of the theoretical framework, and a type of the self-consciousness toward self-dissolution is considered. Finally, in Section 4, the relation between the subject and the transcendental on self-consciousness toward self-dissolution is shown. This paper offers the following conclusions. First, the sociological consideration of self-dissolution can be executed on the axis of the integration/dissolution of the identity. Second, it can be developed more precisely by arguing the relations of linkage and reaction of an integrative intention and a transcendental intention regarding the self. Third, there is a need for further discussion of the relation between the subject and the transcendental.
