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On capturing subjectivity in narrative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

T. Thornton
T. Thornton*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Abstract

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In this paper I distinguish between two claims. 1) That subjects or selves are constituted by narratives. 2) That narratives play an essential and irreducible role in capturing subjectivity. I will argue that whilst the reduction of selves to narratives - in claim 1 - fails, claim 2 helps highlight the essential role of normativity in characterising subjects' mental lives. But the irreducibility of normativity places principled limits on the range of phenomena on which psychiatry can aim to shed light.

Type
S19. Symposium: Psychiatry and the Cultures of Subjectivity
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue S1: 15th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 15th AEP Congress , March 2007 , pp. S31
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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