Beschreibung:
This book asks how identity is created and examines the history of conceptions of the self, from Aristotle to Postmodernism, to find the answers. Maan finds the human capacity to self creation exists in what have previously been problematic areas of experience—conflict, marginalization, disruption, exclusion, subversion, deviation and contradiction.
A tour de force of scholarship and major contribution to the history of thought concerning the nature of personal identity, Internarrative Identity: Placing the Self asks how identity is created and examines the history of conceptions of the self, from Aristotle to Postmodernism, to find the answers. Ultimately, Maan discovers that the human capacity for self-creation exists in what have previously been problematic areas of experience—conflict, marginalization, disruption, exclusion, subversion, deviation and contradiction.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 Chapter I: Narrative Identity
Chapter 6 Chapter II: Fault Lines
Chapter 7 Chapter III: Comparative Analysis
Chapter 8 Chapter IV: Internarrative Identity
Chapter 9 Chapter V: Repression and Narrative Unity
Chapter 10 Notes
Chapter 11 Bibliography
Chapter 12 Index
Chapter 13 About the Author