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Science of Stories

János László
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analysis
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Cognitive Social Psychology
collective memory studies
Computer Technology
content
discourse analysis
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Evaluative Plane
group memory
hermeneutic approach
Hungarian History
Hungarian National Identity
identity construction
Linguistic Category Model
linguistic methodology
LIWC
Naive Psychology
narrative
Narrative Evaluation
narrative identity research
Narrative Interview Technique
Narrative Perspective
Narrative Psychology
Negative Historical Event
Ontogenetic Dimensions
psychological
psychology
Reflexive Beliefs
representation
Representational Patterns
representations
research
Scientific Psychology
social
Social Cognition Research
Social Representations Research
Social Representations Theory
Subjective Time Experience
Ta Ge
theory
Trianon Treaty
Wo
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415457958
  • Weight: 440g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 29 May 2008
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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The Science of Stories explores the role narrative plays in human life. Supported by in-depth research, the book demonstrates how the ways in which people tell their stories can be indicative of how they construct their worlds and their own identities.

Based on linguistic analysis and computer technology, Laszlo offers an innovative methodology which aims to uncover underlying psychological processes in narrative texts. The reader is presented with a theoretical framework along with a series of studies which explore the way a systematic linguistic analysis of narrative discourse can lead to a scientific study of identity construction, both individual and group.

The book gives a critical overview of earlier narrative theories and summarizes previous scientific attempts to uncover relationships between language and personality. It also deals with social memory and group identity: various narrative forms of historical representations (history books, folk narratives, historical novels) are analyzed as to how they construct the past of a nation.

The Science of Stories is the first book to build a bridge between scientific and hermeneutic studies of narratives. As such, it will be of great interest to a diverse spectrum of readers in social science and the liberal arts, including those in the fields of cognitive science, social psychology, linguistics, philosophy, literary studies and history.
About Janos Laszlo
János Lászó is professor of social psychology at the Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest and the University of Pécs, where he is currently head of the Institute of Psychology and of the Doctoral School in Psychology.

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