Saying no (to a story): personal identity and negativity

Abstract The concept of narrativity and narrative identity has two birth certificates: it is linked to the phenomenological tradition—beginning with Arendt’s “political phenomenology” — tradition German Idealism gradually slipping into existentialism. In this article, author focuses on latter that helped pave way self. Key among thinkers Classical been Hegel, often considered philosophical storyteller. Yet argues Hegel’s not exclusively applied self hardly any role in constitution consciousness. This reason why Hegel (rather than who place core personal narrativity) means formulate a more convincing identity. does deny seminal, both for leading life as human being concrete person; however, originally consciousness self-hood are born out negativity. One enacts one’s selfhood, once one realizes interrupt narrativity, step in, refuse live by it, or just ordinarily rephrase consciously appropriate it.