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Functional Narrative

A Functional Narrative is a Narrative that performs some useful function, typically social, like conveying information, norms, values, and social expectations, healing social rifts, or encouraging understanding and cooperation.[1]

Narrative Types

Narrative > Elite Narrative, Existential Narrative, Functional Narrative, Master Narrative, Mundane Narrative, Sacred Narrative

Syncretic Terms

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Related LP Terms

Functional Narrative > Mechanisms of Compliance

Non-LP Related Terms

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Notes

Most narratives serve a function.

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Footnotes

  1. Mike Sosteric, “A Short Sociology of Archetypes,” 2020, https://www.academia.edu/44254363/.


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