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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Main Author: Spolsky, Ellen 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2015
Edition:[First edition]
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Online Access:UPA01
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen (black and white)
ISBN:9780190232177
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190232146.001.0001

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