Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 171 pages)
,
illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0803230265
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0803232977
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1283050811
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9780803230262
,
9780803232976
,
9781283050814
Serie:
Frontiers of narrative
Inhalt:
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live," Joan Didion observed in The White Album. Why is this? Michael Austin asks, in Useful Fictions. Why, in particular, are human beings, whose very survival depends on obtaining true information, so drawn to fictional narratives? After all, virtually every human culture reveres some form of storytelling. Might there be an evolutionary reason behind our species' need for stories?
Inhalt:
Scheherazade's stories and Pangloss's nose -- Stories for thinking -- The influence of anxiety -- Information anxiety -- The problem of other people -- Sex, lies, and phenotypes -- Deceiving ourselves and others
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780803230262
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0803230265
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Austin, Michael, 1966- Useful fictions Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
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