Practical identity and narrative agency

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Label

Practical identity and narrative agency

Statement of responsibility

edited by Catriona Mackenzie and Kim Atkins

Contributor

• Mackenzie, Catriona
• Atkins, Kim

Subject

• Agent (Philosophy)
• Oral tradition
• Autobiography
• Identity (Philosophical concept)

Language

eng

Summary

The essays collected in this volume address a range of issues that arise when the focus of philosophical reflection on identity is shifted from metaphysical to practical and evaluative concerns. They also explore the usefulness of the notion of narrative for articulating and responding to these issues. The chapters, written by an outstanding roster of international scholars, address a range of complex philosophical issues concerning the relationship between practical and metaphysical identity, the embodied dimensions of the first-personal perspective, the kind of reflexive agency involved in th

Member of

• Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy, 14

Dewey number

126

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy

Series volume

14