Making Stories

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Law, Literature, Life

By Jerome Bruner

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Making Stories explores the integral role of storytelling in human life, revealing how stories shape our understanding of the world. Jerome Bruner delves into diverse narrative forms, from legal cases to autobiography, uncovering the complexities beneath seemingly straightforward tales and cautioning against oversimplification.
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Ideal for readers interested in psychology, education, literature, and anyone curious about the power of storytelling in shaping human thought and society.

Stories pervade our daily lives. We use them 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.

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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 by overly tidy stories and shows how doubt and double meaning can lie beneath the most seemingly simple case.

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The Los Angeles Times Book Review praises Making Stories as a life-changing work, lauding Bruner's insightful and graceful examination of storytelling beyond myths and literature, highlighting its presence within culture, institutions, and individual experience.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674010994

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 April 2003

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 159g

Pages: 144

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Education & Reference Jerome Bruner Non-Fiction

About the Author

Jerome Bruner was University Professor at New York University.