The myth gap : what happens when evidence and arguments aren't enough? / Alex Evans ; foreword by Tim Smit.
By: Evans, Alex [author.]
Contributor(s): Smit, Tim [writer of foreword.]Publisher: London : Eden Project Books, 2017Description: xxi, 152 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781909513112; 1909513113Subject(s): Sustainability | Social justice | Environmental justice | Political participation | Myth -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 398.2 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 398.2 EVA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 013186 |
Part one. The front line: How the climate movement rebooted itself -- What climate activists learned from 2009 -- The problem with enemy narratives -- The myth gap -- Collapsitarianism -- Part two. Myths for a new century: A larger us -- A longer now -- A better good life -- Redemption -- Restoration -- Part three. The everlasting covenant: The real Indiana Jones -- Things fall apart -- And all shall be well -- Part four. And we all lived happily ever after: We are the battleground -- The social is political -- The power of collective storytelling -- Technology and the future of myth -- Eden 2.0.
Once upon a time our society was rich in stories. They united us and helped us to understand the world and ourselves. We called them myths. Today, we have a myth gap. Does that matter? The author argues powerfully and persuasively that it does.