by sustainablesociety | Jan 19, 2020 | Politics
Introduction “I came to realize that ideologies had a narrative structure – that they were stories, in a word – and that the emotional stability of individuals depended upon the integrity of their stories. I came to realize that stories had a religious substructure...
by sustainablesociety | Dec 21, 2019 | Politics, Random Thoughts
21st December 2019 Dear Dom, “Arbeit Macht Frei” as my old housemaster used to say after several ales in the back bar of ‘The Nanny and Spanker’ in Windsor. “Nothing works up a thirst more than a day’s heavy toil scratching away at the blackboard”. I’m all for the...
by sustainablesociety | Dec 14, 2019 | Politics
For the sake of understanding and unity, we need to focus on who the real #greedybastards are. The core of the 0.01% who are interested only in capital accumulation at any social, political and environmental cost. Tory voters: 1. Some Conservatives are...
by sustainablesociety | Dec 8, 2019 | Politics
This is the third of a mini series discussing why we differ about our political views. The first addressed a biological component, the second a personality traits component and the third is the creation of a life story. People construct life narratives. Dan McAdams is...
by sustainablesociety | Dec 7, 2019 | Politics
In part 1 of this short series, I dipped a toe into the three part explanation used by Haidt in his book, ‘The Righteous Mind’. However I would emphasis again both the need to contextualise this theory and that biology is not destiny. We need a bigger...
by sustainablesociety | Dec 6, 2019 | Politics, Social Science, Uncategorized
“Humans, I have contended elsewhere, are simultaneously the products of biological, psychological and social mechanisms whilst retaining their agency. Acknowledgement must be made also of the sometimes mundane and sometimes dramatic interruptions of contingency....
