This book stems primarily from the intention to make public the seminar entitled Narratives and
Cultural Psychology held by J. Bruner and C. Feldman in May 2000 in Florence. This seminar
represents the point of view of these two authors at an important moment in their scientific
and human careers on two themes: narratives and interpretative communities. The central
concept on which this book works is the Aristotelian concept of peripeteia which born in the
world of art is developed by Bruner in the field of cognitive and cultural psychology and by
Feldman in the concept of interpretative community. Thus the first purpose of this book is to
analyze the role and usefulness of this concept in the study of the world of stories and
culture The second aim of this book is to explain clarify and comment on the concept the
theoretical assumptions and the key words used by the two authors while also exploring the
issues addressed. In this way the author wanted to reflect on what contribution this seminar
offers today to the theme of narratives and cultural psychology and what the future prospects
might be. This book is aimed at students and scholars interested in exploring the role that
stories play in human culture.
