But that’s not all there is in the world. PB: I have nothing against instrumental knowledge-we need it. LP: You wrote in this book that today, the “only knowledge worth having is thought to be instrumental: that which gives you direct leverage on the world.” Given that many people are so overwhelmed by reality that they retreat into digital realms, or binge-watch shows, what’s wrong wit valuing instrumental knowledge? So that’s the main point I think I want to make. I mean, telling is very important to us, as a way of organizing our own lives. So I think it’s important that we distinguish between living and telling. PB: I think that you have to be aware of what story is, how it works on you, how story can degenerate into myth-the myth of a stolen election or American greatness or whatever-in which people come to believe without any awareness that it is a story that had been told to them, and that it’s fiction. Even in as benign an organization as NPR and their Stor圜orps, the notion is story is, in and of itself, self-justifying, beneficent, and something we should all pay attention to. Storytelling has gotten out of hand-you go on any corporate website, and they tell you “Our Story.” What bothers me about that is the notion that “story” explains and justifies everything. I think all the battles about statues, for instance, and the naming of buildings, indicates that the story of who we are is very important to us. Peter Brooks: I believe that there’s been a mindless proliferation of the notion of story and storytelling in our culture. Lenny Picker: What led you to write this book? In his new book, Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative, he provides a bracing and insightful look at the downsides of reducing everything to storytelling. We live immersed in narrative, recounting and reassessing the meaning of our past actions, anticipating the outcome of our future projects, situating ourselves at the intersection of several stories not yet completed.”Īlmost four decades later, Brooks has a different perspective. * For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab of this page, or a Forum if the forums have been set up.In 1984, Peter Brooks, now an emeritus professor of Comparative Literature at Yale, published Reading for the Plot, in which he argued that “ur lives are ceaselessly intertwined with narrative, with the stories that we tell and hear told, those we dream or imagine or would like to tell, all of which are reworked in that story of our own lives that we narrate to ourselves in an episodic, sometimes semiconscious, but virtually uninterrupted monologue. * If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use ''']''' for that article. * If you need help editing, you could start with ''']''' or '''] on the Central Wikia'''.
* You can find a list of useful templates on ''']''', some of which are documented on ''']'''. * To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits use ''']'''.
* Another helpful activity would be to check the list of ''']''' for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet. * If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various ''']''' articles by adding content. * A list of most help pages can be found in ''']'''. * There is some advice on getting this wiki started at ''']'''. * If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the ''']''' on the Central Wikia. You can find out more general information about the wiki on the ] page.Īlso check out ] for wiki-wide items, and ] for content-related items. To see the most recent discussions, click the '''Discussion''' tab above. '''Welcome to The New Notion Club Archives!''' The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki.
0 kommentar(er)
