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Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life
Jerome Bruner
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Description for Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life
Paperback. Stories pervade our daily lives, from human interest news items, to a business strategy, to daydreams between chores. Stories are what we use to make sense of the world. But how does this work? This text examines this pervasive human habit and suggests ways to think about how we use stories. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: CJ; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Stories pervade our daily lives, from human interest news items, to a business strategy described to a colleague, to daydreams between chores. Stories are what we use to make sense of the world. But how does this work? In Making Stories, the eminent psychologist Jerome Bruner examines this pervasive human habit and suggests new and deeper ways to think about how we use stories to make sense of lives and the great moral and psychological problems that animate them. Looking at legal cases and autobiography as well as literature, Bruner warns us not to be seduced ... Read more
Stories pervade our daily lives, from human interest news items, to a business strategy described to a colleague, to daydreams between chores. Stories are what we use to make sense of the world. But how does this work? In Making Stories, the eminent psychologist Jerome Bruner examines this pervasive human habit and suggests new and deeper ways to think about how we use stories to make sense of lives and the great moral and psychological problems that animate them. Looking at legal cases and autobiography as well as literature, Bruner warns us not to be seduced ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
146g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674010994
SKU
V9780674010994
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About Jerome Bruner
Jerome Bruner was University Professor at New York University.
Reviews for Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life
The best books have the capacity to change lives, sometimes by the sheer force of ideas communicated with felicity and grace. Bruner's short, compelling work Making Stories is just such a book. Bruner [makes] sharply visible what otherwise could be only indistinctly felt. He trains his searchlight on the complex and diverse uses not only of the conventional, easily recognized ... Read more