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double consciousness
double consciousness In this historical usage, double consciousness means a division of mental life into two distinct states or personalities, such as an ordinary state and a somnambulistic or abnormal one.
In this historical usage, double consciousness means a division of mental life into two distinct states or personalities, such as an ordinary state and a somnambulistic or abnormal one. The secondary state may appear organised and rational, yet what happens in it may be forgotten in the ordinary state, while the secondary state can include awareness of the person’s wider life.