Catriona Mackenzie is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She is also author of Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency and the Social Self.

"Narrative conceptions of agency have attracted considerable philosophical interest in recent years, and this book makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on this theme...Along with Mackenzie's introduction, which helpfully contextualizes and thematizes the volumes, these papers treat a rich array of interrelated topics. They are not only individually worth reading, but also resonate with one another and work well together as a collection." -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

• Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Practical Identity and Narrative Agency Catriona MackenziePart I: Personal Identity and Continuity2. Staying Alive: Personal Continuation and a Life Worth Having Marya Schechtman3. Personal Identity: Practical or Metaphysical? Caroline West4. Narrative Identity and Embodied Continuity Kim AtkinsPart II: Practical Identity and Practical Deliberation5. Personal Identity Management Jan Bransen6. Imagination, Identity and Self-Transformation Catriona Mackenzie7. Why Search for Lost Time: Memory, Autonomy, and Practical Reason John ChristmanPart III: Selfhood and Normative Agency8. The Way of the Wanton J. David Velleman9. Losing One's Self Cheshire Calhoun10. Normative Agency Jeanette Kennett and Steve Matthews11. Remorse and Moral Identity Christopher CordnerPart IV: Selfhood, Narrative and Time12. Shaping a Life: Narrative, Time and Necessity Genevieve Lloyd13. How to Change the Past Karen Jones