Rethinking Borderline Personality Disorder in our society from a philosophical and sociological perspective

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show the possible relations between certain socio-historical changes characteristic of late modernity and the formation of the identity, as keys to understand the increased incidence of Borderline Personality Disorder. The theoretical approach to address this complex problem of identity in our current society includes the contributions of Canadian sociologist, James E. Coté, and the question about the modern technique of German philosopher Martin Heidegger. Their profound thoughts about our current way of dwelling in the world had led us to rethink the problem of identity in the light of the marked increase of Borderline Personality Disorder and their resulting dysfunction of identity.