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Narrative, Identity and the Kierkegaardian Self
John Lippitt
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Description for Narrative, Identity and the Kierkegaardian Self
Hardcover. Explores pressing issues in the philosophy of personal identity and moral psychology. This title engages with a range of questions about narrative selfhood and demonstrates authors discussions across a range of traditions. It explores contemporary problems of self, time, narrative and death. Editor(s): Lippitt, John; Stokes, Patrick. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Use insights from Kierkegaard to explore contemporary problems of self, time, narrative and death. Is each of us the main character in a story we tell about ourselves, or is this narrative understanding of selfhood misguided and possibly harmful? Are selves and persons the same thing? And what does the possibility of sudden death mean for our ability to understand the narrative of ourselves? These questions have been much discussed both in recent philosophy and by scholars grappling with the work of the enigmatic 19th century thinker Soren Kierkegaard. For the first time, this collection brings together figures in both ... Read more
Use insights from Kierkegaard to explore contemporary problems of self, time, narrative and death. Is each of us the main character in a story we tell about ourselves, or is this narrative understanding of selfhood misguided and possibly harmful? Are selves and persons the same thing? And what does the possibility of sudden death mean for our ability to understand the narrative of ourselves? These questions have been much discussed both in recent philosophy and by scholars grappling with the work of the enigmatic 19th century thinker Soren Kierkegaard. For the first time, this collection brings together figures in both ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748694433
SKU
V9780748694433
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About John Lippitt
John Lippitt is Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Hertfordshire. Patrick Stokes is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University.
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