Combining scholarship with personal experience, Narrative Imagination and Everyday Life uses examples ranging from Barack Obama's talent for storytelling to the experiences of students from London's East End to examine how story and imagination inform our ideas about education, politics, aging, and doing research.
Combining scholarship with personal experience, Narrative Imagination and Everyday Life uses examples ranging from Barack Obama's talent for storytelling to the experiences of students from London's East End to examine how story and imagination inform our ideas about education, politics, aging, and doing research.
Molly Andrews is Professor of Political Psychology and Co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research at the University of East London. Her research interests include the psychological basis of political commitment, psychological challenges posed by societies in transition to democracy, patriotism, conversations between generations, and gender and aging.
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Acknowledgements Chapter One: Introduction: Trafficking In Human Possibilities Chapter Two: Knowledge, Belief, And Disbelief Chapter Three: Ageing Chapter Four: Education Chapter Five: Politics Conclusion Bibliography