“This is a quite wonderful book. . Excellent and incredibly fascinating. Gottschall maybe overplays a bit the importance of story to make his point, but it's neverless as fascinating read, covering many different forms of story across fiction/novels, myths and legends, religious stories, dreams, memoires, etc explaining how powerful stories can be to change history, and touching on memory and neuroscience and how our brains are "formatted" to create, transmit and receive information in the form of stories. 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,107. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Most successful stories are moral—they teach us how to live, whether explicitly or implicitly, and bind us together around common values. Did you know that the more absorbed you are in a story, the more it changes your behavior? Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of storytelling. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Storytelling has evolved, like other behaviors, to ensure our survival.Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology, and evolutionary biology, Gottschall tells us what it means to be a storytelling animal. . Digital Audiobook (9/23/2012) Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. Tags: Add Tag. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Chip Heath. Make no mistake, this book is far from being merely an account of different puzzles and questions concerning human ability to tell stories. Did you know that the more absorbed you are in a story, the more it changes your behavior? Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780547391403, 272pp. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2017. One such chapter acts as a sort of explanation for conspiracy theories and why so many people believe them. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology, and evolutionary biology, Gottschall tells us what it means to be a storytelling animal. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. We know we are master shapers of story. But as Gottschall shows in this remarkable book, stories can also change the world for the better. MP3 CD (9/24/2012) He argues that stories help us navigate lifes complex social problemsjust as flight simulators prepare pilots for difficult situations. That people who read more fiction are more empathetic? This simple yet deep question is a starting point for Jonathan Gottschall's 2012 book The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, a well thought-out and richly documented study of the importance of stories and storytelling in our lives. "The Storytelling Animal" finally reveals how stories shape "us. Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We know we are master shapers of story. We know we are master shapers of story. Did you know that the more absorbed you are in a story, the more it changes your behavior? We know we are master shapers of story. That all children act out the same kinds of stories, whether they grow up in a slum or a suburb? It makes us vulnerable to conspiracy theories, advertisements, and narratives about ourselves that are more truthy than true. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. He makes a compelling case, I really enjoyed reading the book, and have thought about aspects of it a fair few times since then. Unable to add item to List. CDN$32.61. Literature and science. Most successful stories are moralthey teach us how to live, whether explicitly or implicitly, and bind us together around common values.
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