Figures; Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON PERSON, THE SELF, AND MUTUAL RECOGNITION Chapter 1. Introductory Reflections on Mutual Recognition; Chapter 2. Approaching Personhood from Relationality; Chapter 3. Aspects and Problems of Empathy PART II: DEVELOPONG RELATIONAL SELFHOOD Chapter 4. About Being Oneself as Another; Chapter 5. The Self as Person; Chapter 6. Empathic Understanding and Agency as Mutual Recognition; Chapter 7. An Outlook to Social Appreciation Epilogue References; Index