Transitional Identity: Becoming, Nothingness, and Event in Heidegger and Ueda
Kritike An Online Journal of Philosophy February 1, 2026 Hoko Nakagawa
Referring to Martin Heidegger’s thought, this paper argues that identity should be understood not as self-preservation or formal self-coincidence (A = A), but as a dynamic process constituted through becoming, transition, wandering, and distress. Rather than confining identity to Heidegger’s later conceptual-historical discussions, the paper reconstructs it through an experiential structure...