Discourse dominates the way we relate to each other and to the world. Today, the barriers that had traditionally confined its study to the specialized field of literature and linguistics have been breached. Even where we least expect it, we can now see that storytelling is going on, and the implications of this are vast. A casebook for specialists, Narrative in Culture is also intended as an introduction for general readers to the increasing number of ways in which scholars and practitioners in many fields are questioning how we speak and write, and identifying the secret unexpected patterns...

Can the postmodern decide things? Can it oppose abuses of fantasy and power, and resist the attractions of violence? Can it make adequate provision for its own future? Who stands to gain from postmodernity?Cristopher Nash sets out these questions and more, taking the view that the entire body of writing on postmodernity needs to be reread in the light of the unique psychological character and motives that now appear to mould and drive it. Challenging our habit of confusing the vast vigorous culture of postmodernity with theories of 'postmodernism', he argues for a new way of seeing things....