Name: The politics of fiction
Uploaded: 2010-07-16T06:37:00Z
Duration: 19 min 28 s
Description: Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.

Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction

The politics of fiction

Destruction of the human soul proven possible by surrounding it with thick walls, a metaphor highlighting cultural isolation.

Fiction transcends identity politics, punching holes in mental walls to foster empathy and understanding across diverse cultures.

Stories, likened to flowing water, transcend rigid identity politics, connecting humanity beyond superficial differences.