The contracts of fiction cognition, culture, community
This title considers the advantages of describing fictions as governed by a set of social contracts. It combines current cognitive research with attention to the historical context of works of imagination to argue against the claim that fictions corrupt clear thinking and provide, at best, inert ple...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| Ausgabe: | [First edition] |
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-739 Oxford scholarship online |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This title considers the advantages of describing fictions as governed by a set of social contracts. It combines current cognitive research with attention to the historical context of works of imagination to argue against the claim that fictions corrupt clear thinking and provide, at best, inert pleasures. The chapters explore the different ways creative work in media from statues to stage plays helps to maintain cultural homeostasis. Like the social contracts of law, language, kinship, and money, the social contracts of fiction are constructed and continually revised within communities |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780190232177 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190232146.001.0001 |