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This book explores how narratives have been and can be used to facilitate radical transformations towards a more sustainable future. It was originally published as a special issue of
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research.
List of contents
Introduction: Narratives for personal and collective transformations
1. A study of spontaneous narrative formation: coronavirus and narratives of doom
2. Transformation through transcendence
3. From personal to transpersonal? An evolutionary stance and 'self' as the centre of narrative gravity
4. Paradoxical nature of narrative in analytical psychotherapy
5. The algebra of the protagonist: sustainability, normativity and storytelling
6. Interactive network visualization on the integration of mindsets and sustainability - creating conditions for emergence through a relational narrative
7. Exploring narrative strategy: the role of narratives in the strategic positioning of organizational change
8. Narratives of fungal-based materials for a new bioeconomy era
9. Smart grids, smart households, smart neighborhoods - contested narratives of prosumage and decentralization in Berlin's urban Energiewend
10. Can a rapid mobility transition appear both desirable and achievable? Reflections on the role of competing narratives for socio-technical change and suggestions for a research agenda
11. Honi the Circle-Maker: an ancient narrative for creating temenos in challenging times
About the author
Toshio Kawai, professor for clinical psychology at the Kyoto University and director of its "Kokoro Research Center" up to 2023.
Jonas Fahlbusch, urban planner and senior scientist at the chair for Work, Technology and Participation of Berlin University of Technology, Germany.
Hans-Liudger Dienel, full professor for "Work, Technology and Participation" and the Berlin University of Technology (Technische Universität Berlin) and director of the nexus Institute, the leading German research center for mini publics and Editor-in-Chief of Innovation. The European Journal of Social Science Research.
Ortwin Renn, Sociologist, professor for sociology of technology and the environment of Stuttgart University and director of the Resarch Institute for Sustainability in Potsdam, up to 2023.
Regina Renn, psychologist, former executive committee member of German Assocication for Analytic Psychology, Germany.
Summary
This book explores how narratives have been and can be used to facilitate radical transformations towards a more sustainable future. It was originally published as a special issue of Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research.
