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The Narrative Self
Author(s) -
VOLLMER FRED
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2005.00271.x
Subject(s) - narrative , postmodernism , epistemology , sociology , realism , aesthetics , psychology , philosophy , linguistics
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the postmodern belief that selves are narrative constructions. Four theories, varying in degree of anti‐realism, are presented and discussed. It is concluded that an attractive feature of the narrative approach is that it explains how we achieve a sense of unity. But the main idea, that selves are constituted or created by stories is problematic, like identifying footprints on the beach with the feet that made them.