Abstract

The article adresses the issue of narrative identity, which is a specific form of an individual identity, studied by the representatives of different disciplines of humanistic and social sciences – philosophers, sociologists or psychologists. A characteristic feature of narrative identity concepts is the conviction, that the person understands himself and define taking into account triple time perspective – not only the present, in which one makes auto-identification, but also the past, which led him to it and the future, that will require a redefinition. Human life is a story and our identity is constituted in relation to history, society, significant others and an ethical horizon. The article presents the most significant narrative identity concepts and emphasizes their ethical dimension, which is considered to be of central importance from a pedagogical point of view.

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