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Title: Narrative identity as a central theme in an ethics of librarianship
Author(s): Jones, Bonna
Abstract: The theory of narrative identity presented by Paul Ricoeur is suggested as a basis for understanding the notion of person. The action of reading is considered as an analogy to understand not only how we make an account of an individual or corporate life, but also how we as persons live inside an identity as an ongoing consciousness. Some implications for an ethics of librarianship are explored.
Publication Type: Journal article
Research Centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Swinburne Graduate School of Management
Source: Australian Library Journal, Vol. 50, no. 2 (2001), pp. 121-131
Publication Year: 2001
Keyword(s): Librarianship; Information; Ethics; Philosophy; Reading; Authors; Library science; Reader text relationship; Personal narratives; Self concept
Publisher: Australian Library and Information Association
Publisher URL: http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/alj/50.2/full.text/narrative.identity.html
ISSN: 0004-9670
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