{"product_id":"9783032151834","title":"Narratives of Nothing: Storying the Unlived Life","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNarratives of Nothing: Storying the Unlived Life\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eScott, Susie\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eThis book explores how episodes of ‘nothing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e lost experience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e shape accounts of self-identity.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eWhat is the most important thing that is not in your life?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ee tell stories about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eabsent people, missed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eopportunities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e, things we yearn or wish for and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eevents that never happened\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eThese n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eegative phenomena\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e hold special\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e meanings \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ein memory and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eimagination, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ecan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ehave \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ea deep\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eemotional impact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eThey help us to understand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ewho\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ewe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e are in relation to who we are not - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eour alternate, impossible \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eselves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e and journeys to non-becoming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eUsing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e micro-sociological theories and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e the method of narrative inquiry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eSusie Scott\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eshows\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ehow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e perform ‘reverse biographical identity work’\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e make sense of their\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eunlived live\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eWith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e illustrative data\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e from\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e195 research participants, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ethe author\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eidentifies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e five \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003etypes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003enarrative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003etale: passionate, enduring, transgressive, counterfactual and reflexive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e These storytelling practices \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003ereveal fascinating insights into\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003eunexplored personal worlds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139338029 BCX0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-02-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032151834\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-15184-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 268\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45228878626956,"sku":"9783032151834","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032151834_6c8d172e-27be-48f5-a953-70ad71a58ac2.jpg?v=1773315930","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032151834","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}