ocn744293659, OCoLC, 2017-03-06, 111024s2012 maua b 001 0 eng, 2011042372, , , 9780547391403, 0547391404, 9780544002340 (pbk.), 0544002342 (pbk.), , , , , , , , , (OCoLC)744293659, , , DLC, eng, DLC, BTCTA, YDXCP, BDX, YAM, VP@, CDX, FV6, IH9, JYJ, NSB, CGN, OCLCF, OCLCQ, , , pcc, , , GR 72.3, G67 2012, 0, 0, GR 72.3, P3178, Gottschall, Jonathan,, , , The storytelling animal :, how stories make us human /, Jonathan Gottschall., 1, 4, Boston :, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,, 2012., , , Boston :, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,, 2012., xvii, 248 pages :, illustrations ;, 22 cm., , , rdacontent, text, txt, , , rdamedia, unmediated, n, , , rdacarrier, volume, nc, , , Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index., , , The witchery of story -- The riddle of fiction -- Hell is story-friendly -- Night story -- The mind is a storyteller -- The moral of the story -- Ink people change the world -- Life stories -- The future of story., 0, , "Undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why? In this book, the author offers a unified theory of storytelling. He argues that stories help us navigate life's complex social problems, just as flight simulators prepare pilots for difficult situations. Storytelling has evolved, like other behaviors, to ensure our survival. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology, and evolutionary biology, he tells us what it means to be a storytelling animal. Did you know that the more absorbed you are in a story, the more it changes your behavior? That all children act out the same kinds of stories, whether they grow up in a slum or a suburb? That people who read more fiction are more empathetic? Of course, our story instinct has a darker side. It makes us vulnerable to conspiracy theories, advertisements, and narratives about ourselves that are more "truthy" than true. National myths can also be terribly dangerous: Hitler's ambitions were partly fueled by a story. But as is shown in this book, stories can also change the world for the better. Most successful stories are moral; they teach us how to live, whether explicitly or implicitly, and bind us together around common values. We know we are master shapers of story. This book finally reveals how stories shape us."--Jacket., , , Purchase, , , 2012.072, , , Storytelling., Literature and science., , , 0, 0, Brodart, BROD, $24.00, , , 13559400, HELD BY AP$ - 1087 OTHER HOLDINGS, , , c, a, m, a, a744293659zDLCdURIhFulliLCCkDDCnSummaryppcctContentsu20131110, a793874912zHLSbHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBRhFull batchiLCCkDDCtContentsu20120609, a793973348zHLSbHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBRhFull batchiLCCkDDCtContentsu20120609, a794499182zN15bNEW YORK UNIV, GROUP BATCHLOADhFulliLCCkDDCppcctContentsu20120620, a795334351zPULbPRINCETON UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCppcctContentsu20120613, a794806570zUBYbBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCppccqsrtContentsu20120605, a793948883zPAUbUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIAhFulliLCCkDDCppcctContentsu20120519, a795764221zTEUbTEMPLE UNIVhFulltContentsu20120619, aZ0bAP$, DATE_RECEIVED, 2012-5-1, GR72.3 .G67 2012
