The terms “narrative” and “development” would appear to be difficult to relate to one another. While “narrative” frequently connotes movement backward in time and would thus seem to be a retrospective concept, “development” connotes movement forward in time and would thus seem to be a prospective concept. In this article, I seek to rethink both of these terms in such a way as to render them more compatible. In doing so, I focus on the idea of narrative identity , which, I suggest, is not only about the self but about the other -than-self, especially those goods that draw the process forward.

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叙事，伦理与身份发展

“叙事”和“发展”这两个术语似乎很难相互联系。“叙事”通常意味着时光倒流，因此似乎是一个回顾性的概念，而“发展”则意味着时光倒流，因此似乎是一种前瞻性的概念。在本文中，我试图以使它们更加兼容的方式重新考虑这两个术语。在这样做的过程中，我将重点放在叙事身份的概念上，我认为这不仅涉及自我，而且还涉及非自我，特别是那些推动过程向前发展的商品。