Losing her, losing myself
My mother’s dementia ruptured her sense of self. Why did it also shake mine?
by Noga Arikha
Noga Arikha is an essayist, philosopher and historian of ideas. She is currently senior expert at the Florence School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Her books include Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours (2007), The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind (2022) and Franz Boas: In Praise of Open Minds (2025).
Written by Noga Arikha