Narrative self-constitution as embodied practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21591946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kojiro Miyahara (0000-0001-7747-6654, Hokkaido University, corresponding author), Shogo Tanaka (0000-0002-0016-4465, Tokai University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1731-1755 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09515089.2023.2286281 |
| OpenAlex | W4389002641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 38 |
Narrative views of the self argue that we constitute our self in self-narratives. Embodied views hold that our self is shaped through embodied experiences. In that case, what is the relation between embodiment and narrativity in the process of self-constitution? The question demands a clear definition of embodiment, but existing studies remains unclear on this point (section 2). We offer a correction to this situation by drawing on Merleau-Ponty’s analysis of the body that highlights its habituality. On this account, the body has an inherent tendency to cultivate an organization of habits through its history of engagement with the world (section 3). Next, we explore its role in narrative self-constitution by distinguishing between two aspects of the narrative self, the narrated I and the narrating I (section 4). We argue on phenomenological grounds that self-narratives are informed by bodily perspectives in both respects. Furthermore, a focus on the habituality of the body allows for a better explanation of self-constitution than those based on implicit self-narratives (section 5). For these phenomenological and theoretical reasons, we conclude that narrative self-constitution is an embodied and embedded practice (section 6)
Aesthetics · Constitution · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative identity · Narrativity · Political science · Self · Sociology · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Law · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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The practical role and limits of obsolete first-personal narratives
Attuning the world
Narrative negotiation of personal identity
Romantic love and the first-person plural perspective
Embodying the narrative self, narrating the embodied self
Extending the enactive concept of habit
Linguistic Bodies
Phenomenology of Perception
A Pattern Theory of Self
Philosophical conceptions of the self
The Oxford Handbook of the Self
What is self-narrative
Self and Other
Becoming and Un-becoming
The dynamic and recursive interplay of embodiment and narrative identity
A Rich Landscape of Affordances
Life as Narrative
| Citations per year | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |