Narratives of Nothing: Storying the Unlived Life
暫譯: 無物敘事：講述未曾生活的生命

Scott, Susie

Narratives of Nothing: Storying the Unlived Life
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2026-02-14
  • 售價: $5,440
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $5,168
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 268
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 303215183X
  • ISBN-13: 9783032151834

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商品描述

This book explores how episodes of 'nothing', or lost experience, shape accounts of self-identity. What is the most important thing that is not in your life? We tell stories about absent people, missed opportunities, things we yearn or wish for and events that never happened. These negative phenomena hold special meanings in memory and imagination, and can have a deep emotional impact. They help us to understand who we are in relation to who we are not - our alternate, impossible selves and journeys to non-becoming. Using micro-sociological theories and the method of narrative inquiry, Susie Scott shows how people perform 'reverse biographical identity work' to make sense of their unlived lives. With illustrative data from 195 research participants, the author identifies five types of narrative tale: passionate, enduring, transgressive, counterfactual and reflexive. These storytelling practices reveal fascinating insights into unexplored personal worlds.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書探討了「無」或失落經驗的片段如何塑造自我認同的敘述。你生活中最重要的缺失是什麼？我們講述關於缺席的人、錯過的機會、我們渴望或希望的事物，以及那些從未發生的事件的故事。這些負面現象在記憶和想像中具有特殊的意義，並可能產生深刻的情感影響。它們幫助我們理解自己與不再是的自己之間的關係——我們的替代、不可能的自我以及不成為的旅程。透過微觀社會學理論和敘事探究的方法，Susie Scott 展示了人們如何進行「反向傳記身份工作」，以理解他們未曾生活的生命。作者從195位研究參與者的資料中識別出五種類型的敘事故事：熱情的、持久的、越界的、反事實的和反思的。這些敘事實踐揭示了對未被探索的個人世界的迷人洞見。

作者簡介

Susie Scott is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. She specialises in theories of self-identity, interaction and everyday life, using interview and narrative methods. Her publications cover diverse research topics, including shyness, politeness, swimming pools and total institutions. She also works in clinical practice as a qualified psychotherapist.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

蘇西·史考特是英國薩塞克斯大學的社會學教授。她專注於自我認同、互動和日常生活的理論，並使用訪談和敘事方法進行研究。她的出版物涵蓋多樣的研究主題，包括害羞、禮貌、游泳池和全人機構。她同時也是一名合格的心理治療師，從事臨床實踐。

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