Narrative identity: Narration as Emancipation. Alasdair MacIntyre and Jewish Tradition
Journal Title: Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica - Year 2016, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
criticize the “unity of a human life” concept as put forward by Alasdair MacIntyre in AfterVirtue, where human subjectivity is shown as predominantly shaped by narration ofa community. I argue that despite agonistic claims, MacIntyre’s concept stays highly conservative,which results not so much from his understanding of community and tradition,but rather from a formula of narration they are founded upon. I am going to proposean alternative, pro-emancipatory concept of narrative subjectivity where narration inherentlyconfronts with the communal instead of being adapted to it. The concept is inspiredprimarily by Jewish philosophy of language as recently interpreted by Harold Bloom.
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Piotr Sawczyński
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