Somdev Chatterjee’s Why Stories Work: The Evolutionary and Cognitive Roots of the Power of Narrative: A Review

IF 0.2 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-09-23 DOI:10.21659/rupkatha.v15n3.r01

T. Mangaiyarkarasi

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Abstract

Stories are universal and storytelling is essential to the creation of meaning in human life. The story is “central to meaning-making and sense-making” (Peterson, 2). Our minds construct and analyse our truths and beliefs, as well as determine how they relate to other people’s truths and beliefs, through the use of stories. We develop fresh viewpoints and a deeper comprehension of the world by listening to stories. By examining how others perceive the world and how they comprehend it, we are pushed to question and broaden our perspectives. Ken Liu a fantasy novelist states that “The planet is at the mercy of our history, our story, our spell.” Furthermore, he adds that “Out of stories, we construct our identity, at the individual as well as the collective level. Our stories tell the world how to be” (Liu,2022). Somdev Chatterjee in his book Why Stories Work (2023) claims that the importance of stories is often overlooked and we are losing control of the narratives that shape our lives.

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索德夫·查特吉的《故事为何有效:叙事力量的进化和认知根源》

故事是普遍存在的，讲故事对于创造人类生活的意义至关重要。故事是“意义形成和意义形成的核心”(Peterson, 2)。我们的大脑通过使用故事来构建和分析我们的真理和信念，并确定它们与他人的真理和信念之间的关系。通过听故事，我们发展了新的观点，对世界有了更深的理解。通过研究别人是如何看待这个世界的，以及他们是如何理解这个世界的，我们被推动去质疑并拓宽我们的视野。幻想小说家刘宇昆说:“地球任由我们的历史、我们的故事、我们的魔咒摆布。”此外，他补充道:“通过故事，我们在个人和集体层面上构建了我们的身份。我们的故事告诉世界如何去做”(Liu,2022)。Somdev Chatterjee在他的书Why Stories Work(2023)中声称，故事的重要性经常被忽视，我们正在失去对塑造我们生活的叙事的控制。

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