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Naratyvioji asmenybės tapatybė: Alexanderis Nehamas, Richardas Rorty / The narrative identity: Alexander Nehamas, Richard Rorty

The narrative identity: Alexander Nehamas, Richard Rorty
This work analyzes the problem of narrative identity developed in the works of Nehamas and Rorty. These two American philosophers work in the same – postnietzschean – paradigm. Both of them claim that the identity is not simply given to a person; rather, it is something one has to achieve if he/she wants to have one. A means both philosophers offer to such an achievement is to narrate a story about one’s person, one’s style of life and thus to create ones identity. Nehamas and Rorty assert that while creating identity one has to obey to some rules. However, the rules the philosophers announce are somewhat different. As to Nehamas, he claims that the project of the self-creation ought to be coherent and distinctive. These two criteria are to be achieved, otherwise the self-creation will fail. In addition, this project has to be accomplished in writing. Nehamas demonstrates how these criteria distinctiveness and coherence – are achieved in the writings of certain philosophers. These philosophers are Socrates, Plato, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Foucault and ultimately Nehamas himself. Nehamas suggests that all these philosophers belong to the tradition of the art of living and that all of them are primarily concerned with the projects of self-creation and self-perfection. As to Rorty, he asserts that the creator of oneself has to fulfil one major requirement. Like Nehamas, Rorty claims that the aim of self-creator, whom he... [to full text]

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050523_153946-16147
Date23 May 2005
CreatorsPometko, Agnė
ContributorsŠliogeris, Arvydas Marijus, Drebickienė, Jadvyga, Šnipas, Leonas, Baranova, Jūratė, Šerpytytė, Rita, Degėsys, Liutauras, Vilnius Pedagogical University
PublisherLithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Vilnius Pedagogical University
Source SetsLithuanian ETD submission system
LanguageLithuanian
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster thesis
Formatapplication/pdf
Sourcehttp://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050523_153946-16147
RightsUnrestricted

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