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The place of action in narrative self-understanding

Andersson, Klara; (2020) The place of action in narrative self-understanding. Masters thesis (M.Phil.Stud), UCL (University College London). Green open access

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Abstract

My thesis offers a critical interpretation of Alasdair MacIntyre’s account of narrative selfunderstanding in After Virtue (1981). It aims to reveal a deep tension at the heart of this account of the self that tracks several of the most important conflict lines in western thought. This tension is revealed by examining closely how MacIntyre’s conception of narrative intelligibility and his social philosophy relates to his claims—posed from the perspective of action theory and practical reason—that human life and action take narrative shape.

Type: Thesis (Masters)
Qualification: M.Phil.Stud
Title: The place of action in narrative self-understanding
Event: UCL (University College London)
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © The Author 2020. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10090887
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