Narrative in Crisis Reflections from the Limits of Storytelling

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Pub. Date: 2024-01-25
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Author Biography


Martin Dege received PhD and MA degrees in Psychology from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a BA from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and joined Pratt in 2020. In the past, he has worked at the American University of Paris, the University of Potsdam, the University of Konstanz, the University of Hamburg, and Yale University. Martin is the recipient of various research scholarships, including the Marie Curie Program of the EU, the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation, and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

Irene Strasser is Assistant Professor at St. Bonaventure University. Her research focuses on lifespan development with an emphasis on care work, adult development and aging. Her work is informed by critical gerontological perspectives, social justice studies, and qualitative approaches, particularly participatory and ethnographic research.

Table of Contents


Chapter 1: Crisis Stories: Narratives of Uncertainty and Change
Irene Strasser and Martin Dege

Part I: End of Story?

Chapter 2: The (Al)lure of Narrative: Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation in the Time of Coronavirus
Mark Freeman

Chapter 3: Stories of Crisis: Denial, Redemption, and Radical Acceptance in the Time of COVID-19
Dan P. McAdams

Chapter 4: Dominant and Counteracting Narratives of 'Crisis' in COVID Times
Corinne Squire

Chapter 5: The Pandemic as a Crossroads: Problematizing the Narrative of War
Hanna Meretoja

Chapter 6: Beyond Trauma Narratives: How the Military Siege of Sarajevo (1992-1995) Shaped Stories Told in the Aftermath
Luka Lucic and Guro Nore Fløgstad

Part II: The Self in Crisis

Chapter 7: Plotless Stories and Unthought Knowns: Aspects of Psychological Life with COVID-19
Ruthellen Josselson

Chapter 8: Coping Personally and Politically With World Crises: Can It Be Done Wisely?
Michel Ferrari and Melanie Munroe

Chapter 9: Rethinking Our Lives: COVID-19 and the Narrative Imagination
Molly Andrews

Chapter 10: The Self and Its Crises
Jens Brockmeier

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