Narrative Quests and Social Change
A Response to C hristian S mith's What Is a Person
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14760366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aline H Kalbian (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 146-155 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jore.12048 |
| OpenAlex | W1934058042 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In this response to C hristian S mith's What Is a Person? , I raise questions about his conception of the human life as a narrative quest and his account of change in social structures and institutions. The metaphor of life as a quest suggests a solid, isolated, and integrated moral agent. I wonder whether the experiences of most moral agents render a different picture—one where life is fragmented and characterized by complex webs of relationships. S mith provides a detailed account of how social institutions change. I pose examples of more subtle and complex types of change as a way to press him to think about whether his account of change is too linear
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Metaphor · Narrative · Political science · Social change · Social life · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Wonder · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · Social Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |