The narrative sense of others

Gallagher, Shaun

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“…The pattern of self indicates how various aspects of the self are interrelated in important ways such as to enable self-transformation by decision. As Gallagher writes, "the sense of agency in some basic way may be tied to motor control and the sensorymotor operations of the body, but it is also related to social and cultural norms and expectations (which may place limitations on agency) and to psychological/cognitive processes of deliberation and decision making" [65] (p. 5) In other words, because the pattern of self can offer a plural way to consider agency, the interconnectedness of the different aspects of the self can provide a more complete description of the emotional processes and, in turn, it can show how self-processes interact with emotions and with its own structure.…”

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Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice

Mendonça¹

2022

Philosophies

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This paper proposes that being able to feel self-pity is important to be resilient against injustices because it enables self-transformation. The suggestion for this reassessment of self-pity as a crucial self-conscious emotion for a more humanistic world aims to be an example of how philosophical reflection can be insightful for emotion research. The first part of the paper outlines a general introduction of philosophy of emotions and a description of how Hume’s analysis of pride changed its meaning and pertinently linked it to human agency. The second part of the paper is devoted to self-pity and aims to offer a modified interpretation of its experience, ultimately suggesting that it is a way to cultivate resistance and endure injustices in the world. It begins by putting forward the generally accepted take on self-pity and then suggests that dismissing self-pity may increase its duration, and ultimately work as a type of denial of the world’s injustices. After describing how self-pity can be seen as a tour de force where the self is in a relationship of pity with itself, it further elaborates how self-pity may be taken as a type of calibration similar to how sleep works for the functioning organism. This makes it possible to interpret self-pity as a way to resiliently resist injustices while not dismissing them and keeping up the struggle to make the world a better place. Finally, the concluding remarks point out some consequences for the education of emotions and possible future research directions to be explored. Analogously to the undeniable way by which Hume changed the meaning of the emotion of pride, the conclusion hopes that a new way to understand self-pity is available. The overall goal is to amplify the already existing psychological descriptions showing the complementary role of philosophical research for the development of emotion research in general.

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Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice

Mendonça¹

2022

Philosophies

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“…(Thalberg 1978, 224). 16 For recent articles reviewing and discussing some of this literature, see (Gallagher 2017) and (Gallagher 2014). 17 Care cites this essay of Frankfurt's: "Rationality and the Unthinkable," in (Frankfurt 1988, 177-191).…”

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The true self and life after death in heaven

Stump¹

2021

Death, Immortality and Eternal Life

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This book offers a multifaceted exploration of death and the possibilities for an afterlife. By incorporating a variety of approaches to these subjects, it provides a unique framework for extending and reshaping enduring philosophical debates around human existence up to and after death.Featuring original essays from a diverse group of international scholars, the book is arranged in four main sections. Firstly, it addresses how death is or should be experienced, engaging with topics such as near-death experiences, continuing bonds with the deceased, and attitudes toward dying. Secondly, it looks at surviving death, addressing the metaphysics of human persons, the nature of time, the nature of the true self, and the nature of the divine. It then evaluates the value of mortality and immortality, drawing upon the resources of the history of philosophy, meta-analysis of contemporary debates, and the analogy between individual death and species extinction. Finally, it explores what an eternal life might be like, examining the place of selflessness, embodiment, and racial identity in such a life.This volume allows for a variety of philosophical and theological perspectives to be brought to bear on the end of life and what might be beyond. As such, it will be a fascinating resource for scholars in the philosophy of religion, theology, and death studies.

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“…A narrative might emerge from the pragmatics of alliance, but over time it can also acquire a pragmatic efficacy of its own—rendering it capable of generating events aimed at actualizing the image of the future it propounds (Gallagher 2017). As Elizabeth Povinelli (2014) puts it, “what is initially dispersed noise … comes to enclose itself through self‐reference.” Ever since I began following the PTA's political activities in September 2012, the Cypriot economy has shown signs of recovery.…”

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Directing the Future of Gene Therapy in Cyprus: Breakthroughs, Subjunctivities, and the Pragmatics of Narrative

Kyriakides

2018

Cult. Anthropol.

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Gene therapy is a technology that involves the introduction of therapeutic genes into humans for the replacement of mutations causing disorders. This article stems from research conducted with a thalassemia patients’ association in Cyprus and explores how political and epistemic uncertainty surrounding the promise of breakthrough in gene therapy is harnessed to particular objectives and narratives for the future. Anthropologists who survey the future largely address the manner in which people orient themselves in conditions of uncertainty through concepts of hope, waiting, patience, and endurance. Less attention has been paid to how people construct and deploy narratives and images of the future in a way that can bridge present immediacy and abstract futurity—a process I call directing the future. The concept I use to elucidate the connections between breakthrough and narrative is that of subjunctivity. In juxtaposing different positionalities that thalassemia patients in Cyprus adopt with regard to the promise of gene therapy, I show that subjunctivity is not only the ability to be receptive to transformation and the possibility of a world otherwise. The intersubjective and political processes out of which subjunctivity and narrative emerge are also the processes by which an otherwise undefined future becomes ordered, and certain images of the future attain more gravity and reality than others.

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The narrative sense of others

Abstract: Comment on Duranti, Alessandro. 2015. The anthropology of intentions: Language in a world of others. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Law

Cited by 11 publications

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Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice

Self-Pity as Resilience against Injustice

The true self and life after death in heaven

Directing the Future of Gene Therapy in Cyprus: Breakthroughs, Subjunctivities, and the Pragmatics of Narrative

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