Brian Boyd On the origin of stories

evolution, cognition, and fiction

Comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and storytelling. Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love. Art is a specifically human adaptation, Boyd argues. It offers tangible advantages for human survival: our fondness for storytelling has sharpened social cognition, encouraged cooperation, and fostered creativity. After considering art as adaptation,...

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Engels | 540 pagina's | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA [etc.] | 2009

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Elka Agoston-Nikolova Immured women

representations of family relationships in Balkan Slavic oral narrative poetry

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Engels | 163 pagina's | 1994

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Bruce Jackson The story is true

the art and meaning of telling stories

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Engels | 244 pagina's | Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA | 2007

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