Contradictions of the concept of narrative identity by P. Ricoeur: the dialectics of variability and staticity
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 02/05/2026 - 17:38This paper examines the complexities of understanding and using of the concept of narrative identity proposed by Paul Ricoeur: it is emphasized that the categories of character and the word given to someone involved in maintaining identity are not opposed to each other. Depending on the type of their interaction, two types of identity arise: sameness and selfhood, which in turn are also not mutually exclusive modes, but are polar in the sense of creating lines of tension between them, forcing the subject to lean toward one pole or the other.