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A Community of the Lonely: Using Paul Ricoeur's Theory of Narrative to Cultivate Community in America
… has contributed to an eroding sense of communal togetherness. As numerous sociologists have shown, a sense of community in America declines, and experiences of loneliness and absence fill its vacancy. This dissertation argues that Paul Ricoeur’s notion of narrative identity …