Abstract
The various narrative conceptualizations of the subject critically examined in this chapter are formulated—implicitly or explicitly—in response to the debate concerning the ‘idea of a substantial self, including the sense that there is a creative force within’, which is generally characterized as the question defining the difference between the postmodern and modern view of the subject (Simon 1999: 57). It is therefore instructive to sketch briefly the broader context of philosophical and psychological discussion regarding the category of the subject in which specifically narrative formulations of the subject have emerged.
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Vassilieva, J. (2016). Constructing the Narrative Subject. In: Narrative Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49195-4_3
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