%0 Journal Article
%T Narrative Refiguration of Social Events: Paul Ricoeur's Contribution to Rethinking the Social
%A Anna Borisenkova
%J ¨¦tudes Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies
%D 2011
%I University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
%R 10.5195/errs.2010.37
%X The analysis of events has been a central issue for social sciences for a long time. The problem of an event's definition and distinction is still at stake in sociological debates. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the contribution of Paul Ricoeur's narrative theory to social events studies. First, this is done through the explication of the concept in the framework of narrative approach. Secondly, the paper highlights the narrative's capacity of 'refiguring' the social by re-describing social events, subordinating their succession to the logic of story-telling and transforming temporal characteristics as well. Apart from some insights, interpretative explanations and illustrations the paper provides critical arguments concerning the limitations of Paul Ricoeur's narrative approach with respect to sociological event-analysis.     L'analyse des ¨¦v¨¦nements a toujours ¨¦t¨¦ une question centrale pour l'histoire et les sciences sociales. Le probl¨¨me de la d¨¦finition et de la distinction des ¨¦v¨¦nements est encore en jeu dans les d¨¦bats sociologiques contemporains. L'objectif de cet article est de s'attarder sur la contribution de la th¨¦orie de Paul Ric ur aux ¨¦tudes des ¨¦v¨¦nements sociaux.  Apr¨¨s avoir montr¨¦ les limites d'une conception impersonnelle de l'¨¦v¨¦nement, l'auteur se penche sur la solution narrative propos¨¦e par Ric ur, ¨¤ savoir la capacit¨¦ du r¨¦cit ¨¤ ˇ°refigurerˇ± du Social par la re-description des ¨¦v¨¦nements sociaux. Il s'agit de soumettre la logique de la succession temporelle ¨¤ la logique de la narration. Tout en rendant justice ¨¤ la valeur heuristique de telles analyses (¨¤ travers une s¨¦rie d'explicitations et d'illustrations), l'article pointe les limites de l'approche narrative de Paul Ric ur au regard des analyses sociologique des ¨¦v¨¦nements.
%K Event
%K Narrative
%K Event-Event Causation
%K Ricoeur
%K Davidson
%K Configuration
%K Emplotment
%K Refiguration
%U http://ricoeur.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ricoeur/article/view/37