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Narrative

A Narrative is “coherent system of interrelated...stories."^[1] Narratives typically consist of characters, plot-lines, ideas, and archetypes.^[2]^[3] Most narratives are Functional Narratives designed to influence thought and action.

Narrative Types

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

Syncretic Terms

Narrative >

Related LP Terms

Narrative > Archetype Deck

Non-LP Related Terms

Narrative > George Lucas, Sacrilization

Notes

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Footnotes

↑ Halverson, Jeffry R., H. L. Goodall, and Steven R. Corman. Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
↑ Mike Sosteric, “A Short Sociology of Archetypes,” 2020, https://www.academia.edu/44254363
↑ Sosteric, Mike. “A Short Sociology of Archetypes,” 2020. https://www.academia.edu/44254363/

References

[1] Halverson, Jeffry R., H. L. Goodall, and Steven R. Corman. Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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

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

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 ==Notes==
-Humans are a species of story tellers. Storytelling is a human universal<ref>D.E. Brown, ''Human Universals'' (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991).</ref> Storytelling   emerges spontaneously in childhood and continues throughout one’s entire life.<ref>Daniel Smith et al., “Cooperation and the Evolution of Hunter-Gatherer Storytelling,” ''Nature Communications'' 8, no. 1 (December 5, 2017): 1853, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02036-8.</ref>
-Story telling is generally functional for humanity, evolving as a way to ensure facilitate human adaptation and survival by providing several key functions, including mechanisms for internal communication,<ref>Megan Biesele, “How Hunter-Gatherers’ Stories ‘Make Sense’: Semantics and Adaptation,” ''Cultural Anthropology'' 1, no. 2 (May 1, 1986): 157–70, doi:10.1525/can.1986.1.2.02a00030</ref> mechanisms to convey information and expectations on social behaviours, norms and values and taboos, mechanisms for healing rifts and understanding others,<ref>Polly W. Wiessner, “Embers of Society: Firelight Talk among the Ju/’hoansi Bushmen,” ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'' 111, no. 39 (September 30, 2014): 14027–35, doi:10.1073/pnas.1404212111.</ref> and mechanisms to ensure human cooperation.
-We can call stories used as mechanism to convey information, expectations, or to heal rifts and encourage understanding and cooperation [[Functional Narratives]]. Functional narratives are narratives that perform useful functions, like conveying information, reinforcing norms and values, healing social rifts, etc.
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