According to Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio’s book, You and Your Profile, how identity is constituted today has radically changed in comparison to the past. Retracing the historical identity technologies, social critic, Lionel Trilling, categorizes the identity formation process into two models, namely sincerity, i.e. people are born into a predefined role and authenticity, i.e. people must seek an authentic self. As the profile-based identity succeeds the past identity technologies, individuals now measure their identities in second-order observation, i.e. according to external perception. The way in which we define ourselves is an untried phenomenon, considering the change from sincerity to authenticity, and hereto the postmodern conception of profilicity.
Testing a Murakami Theory on Writing
In his preface to his twin novels ‘Hear the Wind Song’ and ‘Pinball’, the great contemporary novelist from Japan, Haruki Murakami, makes a very…