The ethics of storytelling : narrative hermeneutics, history, and the possible /
Against the backdrop of the polarized debate on the ethical significance of storytelling, this work develops a nuanced framework for exploring the ethical complexity of the roles narratives play in human lives. Focusing on how narratives enlarge and diminish the spaces of possibilities in which peop...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Explorations in narrative psychology.
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| Online Access: | Oxford scholarship online |
| Summary: | Against the backdrop of the polarized debate on the ethical significance of storytelling, this work develops a nuanced framework for exploring the ethical complexity of the roles narratives play in human lives. Focusing on how narratives enlarge and diminish the spaces of possibilities in which people act, think, and reimagine the world, it proposes a theoretical-analytical framework for engaging with both the ethical potential and the risks of storytelling. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190649395 (ebook) : |