| Relating Narratives: Storytelling and Selfhood Contributor(s): Cavarero, Adriana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415200571 ISBN-13: 9780415200578 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: "Relating Narratives" is a major new work by the philosopher and feminist thinker Adriana Cavarero. First published in Italian to widespread acclaim, the book presents a fascinating and challenging new account of the relationship between selfhood and narration. Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from both the philosophical and the literary tradition--from Sophocles and Homer to Hannah Arendt, Karen Blixen, Walter Benjamin and Borges--Cavarero's theory of the "narratable self" shows how narrative models in philosophy and literature can open new ways of thinking about the formation of human identities. By showing how each human being has a unique story, Cavarero inaugurates an important shift in how we think about subjectivity and identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 809 |
| LCCN: 99046437 |
| Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.29" W x 9.27" (0.89 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Relating Narratives is a major new work by the philosopher and feminist thinker Adriana Cavarero. First published in Italian to widespread acclaim, Relating Narratives is a fascinating and challenging new account of the relationship between selfhood and narration. Drawing a diverse array of thinkers from both the philosophical and the literary tradition, from Sophocles and Homer to Hannah Arendt, Karen Blixen, Walter Benjamin and Borges, Adriana Cadarero's theory of the narratable self' shows how narrative models in philosophy and literature can open new ways of thinking about formation of human identities. By showing how each human being has a unique story that can be told about them, Adriana Cavarero inaugurates an important shift in thinking about subjectivity and identity which relies not upon categorical or discursive norms, but rather seeks to account for who' each one of us uniquely is. |