Can we have experiences without a “self” that’s having them? Is my “self” something private and interior, unknowable to anybody else? How is that inner self related to my body, to other people, to the world? Questions like these can lead down a seemingly endless philosophical maze, yet psychologically important issues around identity, personhood, and ethical responsibility may hinge on how we consciously or unconsciously answer them. The books under review explore a range of ways of engaging these issues, from the Cartesian tradition in Western philosophy contrasted first with Buddhist psychology and then onto contemporary phenomenology to arrive at a pragmatic understanding of personhood grounded in intersubjectivity and relationality.