《叙事本能》你能相信吗？我们永远无法还原一件事情的原貌。
事情首先被我们看到或经历，接着被认知和解读，最后被讲述和传播。在这个过程中，事情早已不是原来的模样，它融入具体生命，印上个人色彩。我们由此理解世界、定义自我。
这便是叙事的力量。本书作者还指出，大脑的叙事区与社交区相连，人类在婴儿期就能通过讲述表达和互动。这种天生的能力深刻影响我们的思维和情感，构建我们的认知框架和行为模式。
通过叙事，我们释放内心的困惑，调整态度与行动。而积极的叙事更是一种强大的能量，帮助我们走出悲伤，减轻焦虑，摆脱困境，重新出发。
叙事的功用还远不止于此。琐事和国事，现实和虚构，传统和信仰，制度和规则，无一不是通过叙事穿越时空，将不同的个体联结成拥有共同价值观的群体。可以说，叙事构建了人类的文明意识。
本书中，作者借助人脑科学的新研究，以及心理学、文学等相关理论，说明叙事为何是人类本能、何以影响文明演进，并揭示了叙事的无穷力量——从疗愈自我，到创造和平的世界。
作者简介
维尔纳·西费尔（WernerSiefer）
生物学家，专攻脑科学。曾任德国《焦点周刊》（Focus）研究与科技部门编辑。
与克里斯蒂安·韦伯（ChristianWeber）合著作品《自我：我们如何创造自己》（Ich:Wiewirunsselbsterfinden）曾荣登《明镜周刊》（DerSpiegel）畅销书榜。
西费尔致力于破解大脑以及“人类之所以成为人类”的秘密，擅长深入浅出的科普写作，是一位写得一手好文章的科学家。
The Narrative Instinct. Can you believe it? We can never restore a thing to the way it was.
Things are first seen or experienced by us, then recognized and interpreted, and finally told and transmitted. In this process, things are no longer the original appearance, it integrates into the concrete life, printed on the personal color. It's how we understand the world and define ourselves.
This is the power of narrative. The authors also point out that the narrative part of the brain is connected to the social part, and that humans are able to express and interact through storytelling from infancy. This innate ability profoundly influences our thinking and emotions, shaping our cognitive frameworks and behavioral patterns.
Through narration, we release our inner confusion and adjust our attitudes and actions. The positive narrative is a powerful energy that helps us to get out of sadness, relieve anxiety, get out of trouble, and start again.
Narrative does more than that. Trivia and state affairs, reality and fiction, traditions and beliefs, institutions and rules, all travel through time and space through narrative, connecting different individuals into a group with common values. It can be said that narrative constructs human civilization consciousness.
In this book, the author draws on new research in the science of the human brain, as well as related theories in psychology and literature, to explain why narrative is human instinct, how it affects the evolution of civilization, and reveals the infinite power of narrative - from healing the self to creating a peaceful world.
About the author
WernerSiefer
Biologist, specializing in brain science. He was previously the research and technology editor of the German weekly magazine Focus.
Co-written with cristian webber (ChristianWeber) works "self: how can we create their own" (for example: Wiewirunsselbsterfinden) on der spiegel (DerSpiegel) bestseller list.
Working to unravel the brain and the secrets of what makes us human, Siefer is a scientist with a knack for simple popular science writing.
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