Identity, Mimesis, and the Escape from the Self: An Interview with Alexander Douglas
By Mela Miekus, February 25, 2026
On 10 February 2026, I participated in an event at Spui25 where Alexander Douglas gave a talk about the digital self in relation to his latest book, Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self. In the book, Douglas draws on three distinct sources—the Zhuangzi, the philosophy of Spinoza, and the theory of René Girard—to [...]
