In this text, Davenport defends the narrative approach to practical identity and autonomy in general, and to Kierkegaard's existential stages in particular.
In this text, Davenport defends the narrative approach to practical identity and autonomy in general, and to Kierkegaard's existential stages in parti...
In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars have recently argued that narrative models of selves and MacIntyre's concept of the unity of a life help make sense of Kierkegaard's existential stages and, in particular, explain the transition from "aesthetic" to "ethical" modes of life. But others have recently raised difficult questions both for these readings of Kierkegaard and for narrative accounts of...
In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-na...
