Root Narrative Theory and Conflict Resolution (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution) - Softcover

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Simmons, Solon

 
9780367422066: Root Narrative Theory and Conflict Resolution (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution)
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ISBN 10: 0367422069 ISBN 13: 9780367422066
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book introduces Root Narrative Theory, a new approach for narrative analysis, decoding moral politics, and for building respect and understanding in conditions of radical disagreement.

This theory of moral politics bridges emotion and reason, and, rather than relying on what people say, it helps both the analyst and the practitioner to focus on what people mean in a language that parties to the conflict understand. Based on a simple idea―the legacy effects of abuses of power―the book argues that conflicts only endure and escalate where there is a clash of interpretations about the history of institutional power. Providing theoretically complex but easy-to-use tools, this book offers a completely new way to think about storytelling, the effects of abusive power on interpretation, the relationship between power and conceptions of justice, and the origins and substance of ultimate values. By locating the source of radical disagreement in story structures and political history rather than in biological or cognitive systems, Root Narrative Theory bridges the divides between reason and emotion, realism and idealism, without losing sight of the inescapable human element at work in the world’s most devastating conflicts.

This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace studies and International Relations, as well as to practitioners of conflict resolution.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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About the Author

Solon Simmons is Associate Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, USA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367422069
ISBN 13 
9780367422066
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
226

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