Metanarrative and the Environment (Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics)

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Contents
Part I The Scope and Impact of Metanarrative
	1 Metanarrative: An Introduction
		The Twin Pillars
		Metanarrative: Definition and Discussion
			Discussion
		Notes
		References
	2 Narrative Protocol and the Moral Turn
		Qualitative Inquiry
		The Motive Force for Change
		One Or Many
		The Moral Turn
		Note
		References
	3 Global Governance in Contemporary Culture
		Global Governance: What It Is, and What It Does
			Where Are We Going?
				Explaining the Anthropocene
				Understanding the Anthropocene
		Narration in Modern Culture
			The Postmodern Malaise
		Notes
		References
	4 The Story of Progress and Prosperity
		A Short History
		Economic Growth
		Abstraction of the Growth Paradigm From the Material World
		Notes
		References
	5 The Folly of Growth and the New Metanarrative
		The Persistence of Growth
			The Persistence of Growth, Continued
		The New Metanarrative: Some Practical Considerations
			Disaggregating Transformative Change
			Three Circles
			Rules of the Road
			Complex Adaptive Systems
		Notes
		References
Part II Morality and Agency
	6 An Introduction to Dualism, Monism, and the Problem of Reconciliation
		Dualism
		Climate Change and God
			Climate Change
			God
		Notes
		References
	7 The Material and Transcendent Worlds
		The Material World
		The Transcendent World
		Notes
		References
	8 The New Metanarrative: Some Ontological Considerations
		Are Ideals Real?
		The Emergent Status of Metanarrative
		Relationalism Redux and Agency
		Notes
		References
	9 Agency and the Evolution of Metanarrative
		Individual Agency
		Optimism and Hope
		Notes
		References
	10 The End and the Beginning
		Deus Ex Machina
			Science and Theology
		Do Not Go Gentle
		Notes
		References
Index