Narrative Humanism
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ISBN13: | 9781474454315 |
ISBN10: | 1474454313 |
Kötéstípus: | Keménykötés |
Terjedelem: | 256 oldal |
Méret: | 234x156 mm |
Súly: | 538 g |
Nyelv: | angol |
Illusztrációk: | 20 Illustrations, black & white |
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This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to represent human social complexity in fiction.
This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to represent human social complexity in fiction.
With case studies of films like Parenthood (1989), American Beauty (1999), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and The Kids Are All Right (2010), this original study synthesises leading discourses on media and cognition, evolutionary anthropology, literature and film analysis into a new theory of the storytelling instinct.
How wonderful to read a book dedicated to the communal value of non-adversarial thinking, kindness, care and prosocial impulses. Narrative Humanism offers new perspectives on the social functions of narratives and the emotional complexity of relationships, instilling the interpretation of film, television, music and media with a sense of wonderment.