Myths of the Self Narrative Identity and

Myths of the Self is a departure from the standard fare of postmodern thought. In a unique and brilliant turn, Smith argues that the best way of dealing with the topic of the self is a synthesis of a narrative theory of identity, using Ricoeur as a source, along with the constructive postmodern metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead. The resulting synthesis is a new and potentially invigorating spin on the genesis of postmodern thought.

Olav Bryant Smith is Lecturer at California State University, Chico

Foreword by David Ray Griffin

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Acknowledgements

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Introduction: Myths of the Self

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(8)

1 Immanuel Kant

The Postmodern Turn

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(40)

2 Martin Heidegger

Toward a Fundamental Ontology

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(36)

3 Alfred North Whitehead

Toward a More Fundamental Ontology

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(52)

4 Paul Ricoeur

Narrative Theory and its Metaphysical Ground

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(32)

Conclusion: Myths of the Self

169

(10)

Selected Bibliography

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(8)

Index

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Myths of the Self Narrative Identity and Postmodern Metaphysics

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