The ethics of storytelling : narrative hermeneutics, history, and the possible / Hanna Meretoja.

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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Main Author: Meretoja, Hanna, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Series:Explorations in narrative psychology.
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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.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2017.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190649395
0190649399
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 15, 2017).