Narrative as methodology, investigating the personality in transitive word

Abstract

The concept of social - psychological transitivity connected with multiplicity, uncertainty and variability reveals. Communication of social and psychological aspects of transitivity is shown. It is proved the necessity of development new categorical system in psychology, based on network not matrix principle. An analogy between uncertainty in humanitarian and natural sciences is shown. Fruitfulness of use of the concept of psychological chronotope for the psychology of the personality in the transitive world is proved. The complex structure of a psychological chronotope opens a ratio between social and personal spaces and times. The analysis of possible options of development of the personality corresponds not only with three spatial coordinates, but also to three times. It is offered to allocate the small chronotope characterizing the separate periods of people’s life in a big spatial temporary continuum of a chronotope of life. Positive and negative value of heterochrony is shown. Importance of harmony between objective and subjective aspects of a psychological chronotope which is possible in one social (subcultural) group of people presented in the form of social network is proved. The concept of an internal form of a psychological chronotope reveals, the role of “de-familiarization", an exit out of limits of own life which helps to understand sense of the existence is shown. The leading role of an autobiographical narrative in studying of the personality and in the course of a reflection by people the sense of the life is proved. Various approaches to understanding of a narrative and its communication with "an identity trauma", personal crisis and loss/finding of sense are given. Is shown that it is in language takes place a final formation of sense, and the new semantic structure leads to reorganization of the personality. Though the narrative narrates about unique experience, it is always directed to the addressee, allowing "to enter" personal sense in the common cultural field. It is proved that development of a narrative form allows the person to understand that uncertainty is a part of our life and to be ready to an uncertainty challenges.