The Storytelling Animal pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025
- Storytelling
- 人性
- 讲故事
- 进化心理学
- 美国文学
- 人文
- 闲书
- 英文版
- storytelling
- anthropology
- human behavior
- communication evolution
- cognition
- early humans
- oral tradition
- mental life
- embodied cognition
具体描述
Humans live in landscapes of make-believe: we spin fantasies, we devour novels, films, and plays, and even our sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are “wired” for story, but why?
In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of storytelling. He argues that stories are a way of rehearsing life’s complex social problems.Our penchant for story has evolved, like other behaviors, to enhance our survival, and, crucially, that of our social group. (In fact, studies show that people who read fiction are more empathetic.) Gottschall explores the deep pattern in children’s make-believe, and what that reveals about story’s prehistoric origins. He shows how a story was partly responsible for Hitler’s rise, how schizophrenia is an example of the story mind run amok, and how successful fiction is inherently moral. We are master shapers of story. The Storytelling Animal finally reveals how stories shape us.
作者简介
Jonathan Gottschall teaches English at Washington & Jefferson College and is one of the leading figures in the movement toward a more scientific humanities. The author or editor of five scholarly books, Gottschall’s work has been prominently featured in The New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. Steven Pinker has called him "a brilliant young scholar" whose writing is "unfailingly clear, witty, and exciting."
目录信息
The Riddle of Fiction21
Hell Is Story-Friendly45
Night Story68
The Mind Is a Storyteller87
The Moral of the Story117
Ink People Change the World139
Life Stories156
The Future of Story177
Notes201
Acknowledgments213
Bibliography215
Credits231
Index233
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读后感
进化意义 本书的中心议题是：人类对沉迷于故事毫无招架之力，也就是说，我们都是梦幻岛的居民。例如：神话，传说，歌曲，小说，电影，幻想，做梦，游戏，职业摔跤，历史，新闻等等故事化的活动，都是我们梦幻岛民喜爱的活动。 故事有着进化上的意义，吾人可以借助心灵实验，模...
评分用户评价
怎么说呢？开头读着，觉得有点牵强的赶脚。。。嗯，也许需要慢慢读完。有一部分非常认同的就是：我们自己讲的自己的故事，就算回忆吧，不是精确的事实，但这样的人生故事让我们过得更好
评分感觉没有预想的这么好
评分感觉没有预想的这么好
评分阅读此书，帮助你了解人为什么要讲故事
评分Intensely insightful! In his uniquely witty and open style, J.G. explains, in my view, one of the most profound human instincts - the story-telling and story-consuming instinct. Though the books is short, it also concisely explores themes like sleep, national myths, and games. Totally worth the time!
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