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Narratives of Nothing - Susie Scott

Narratives of Nothing

Storying the Unlived Life

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Buch | Hardcover
2026
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-032-15183-4 (ISBN)
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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

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.

Chapter 01: Introduction.- Chapter 02: Passionate tales: love and work.- Chapter 03: Enduring tales: sadness and loss.- Chapter 04: Transgressive tales: challenge and resistance.- Chapter 05: Counterfactual tales: reversals and alternatives.- Chapter 06: Reflexive tales: doubt and deconstruction.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.5.2026
Zusatzinfo Approx. 200 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Klinische Psychologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Schlagworte Biography • Identity • narrative • Nothing • relationships • self
ISBN-10 3-032-15183-X / 303215183X
ISBN-13 978-3-032-15183-4 / 9783032151834
Zustand Neuware
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