Making stories : law, literature, life /
"In Making Stories, the psychologist and educator Jerome Bruner inquires into this elusive yet fundamental aspect of human nature and asks how we use it to make sense of our lives. He proposes challenging new ways to think about narrative: to understand how we tell our stories, to see how we us...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,
2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | "In Making Stories, the psychologist and educator Jerome Bruner inquires into this elusive yet fundamental aspect of human nature and asks how we use it to make sense of our lives. He proposes challenging new ways to think about narrative: to understand how we tell our stories, to see how we use them to create a sense of self and interpret other people's lives, to learn how literature alters the very idea of what a story is and how law teaches us about our expectations of narrative. The result is a masterful, provocative synthesis of anthropology, psychology, literature, law, and philosophy."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 130 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-123) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0374200246 9780374200244 |