عنوان

Trigger-Narratives: A Perspective on Radical Political Transformations

شماره

TL48659

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Trigger-Narratives: A Perspective on Radical Political Transformations

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Sarit Larry

نام ساير پديدآوران

Kearney, Richard

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Boston College

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2016

نام خاص و کميت اثر

222

متن يادداشت

Committee members: Manoussakis, John P.; Rasmussen, David M.

متن يادداشت

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-51997-5

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

نظم درجات

Philosophy

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

Boston College

امتياز متن

2016

متن يادداشت

This work addresses an important phenomenon in the contemporary philosophy of narrative and coins it as a term. Trigger-narratives denote myth-like stories that ignite certain mass social participation. Juxtapose to five well-established philosophical concepts of narrative this work demonstrates that while trigger-narratives share formal characteristics with all, they fail to be meaningfully and comprehensively subsumed under any. I use three protagonists as comparative case studies to illustrate trigger-narratives: Rosa Parks (US), Mouhammed Bouazizi (Tunisia) and Daphne Leef (Israel). The sociopolitical reaction to trigger-narratives exceeds them in content and in size. Yet, these protagonists continue to serve as catalysts and perennial symbols of the transformative events that follow their protesting acts. Trigger-narratives are not lived-narratives. They do not disclose what Arendt's refers to as a unique who or MacIntyre's unity of a human life. They do not answer the ownmost rhythm of Heidegger's Being-toward-death or operate like Ricoeur's or Kearney's concepts of testimony. The protagonist perspective is rarely heard or seriously considered. Unlike historical narratives trigger-narratives are not the product of research. They form quickly and in their aftermath they resist change. Trigger-narrative protagonists draw their power from being portrayed as context-less, weak and uncalculated while historical leaders draw power from descriptions of authority, skill, and deliberation. Trigger-narratives have the effect and/or aspiration of metanarratives. They aim at a new order. However, they spring from articulated singular accounts rather than form an all-encompassing tacit sub-current narrative. Adding a sixth sociological concept of narrative I refer to issue-narratives. Trigger-narratives congeal around an issue. But they instill a far greater expectation for change. I conclude that: 1. trigger narratives are closest to fiction 2. They operate through a condensation of Ricoeur's mimetic cycle configuring and refiguring reality in a rapid rotation that ossifies them into a mobilizing form, and that 3. Interpreting trigger-narratives through the perspective of world-creating myths illuminates many of their typical characteristics in a unifying, comprehensive manner. The study points to two new research directions: 1. trigger-narratives' aftermath operations (specifically rituals and newly erected institutions).2. Further interdisciplinary cooperation between contemporary political philosophy of narrative and the sociological methodology of frame-analysis.

موضوع مستند نشده

Philosophy

اصطلاح موضوعی

Philosophy, religion and theology;Arab uprisings;Myth;Narrative;Revolution;Social movements;Trigger narrative

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Sheridan, Debi

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kearney, Richard

تقسيم فرعي

Philosophy

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Boston College

شماره بازیابی

1769837753; 10025178

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y