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In this chapter, I propose to address the problem of emancipatory political action by adopting a “narrative identity” approach. The aim is to oppose the divisive neoliberal symbolic regime with a relational conception of self-hood or the capacity to narrate an idea of the self whose existence and fate are connected to those of others. This is achieved by framing the narrative of emancipation with the ethos of “the commons.”
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See Part II for a more detailed account of these overlaps.
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Masquelier, C. (2017). Narrative Identity and Emancipation. In: Critique and Resistance in a Neoliberal Age. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40194-6_21
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