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Why, rather than the best-qualified candidate ever to run for president, did voters opt for a reality TV star with no political experience? Why, with no idea what it actually meant, did the UK vote for Brexit? In the absence of greater, more unifying narratives, voters opted for the best story available. Once upon a time stories helped us to understand the world and ourselves. We called them myths. Today, we have a myth gap—a vacuum that Alex Evans argues is both dangerous and an opportunity. This book explores how tomorrow’s activists are using narratives for change, how modern stories have been used and abused, and where we might find the right myths to take us forward.
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Alex Evans is a Senior Fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC). He has worked as Special Adviser to two UK Secretaries of State for International Development, as an expert on climate change in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and with think tanks including the Brookings Institution. He has also consulted for Oxfam and the U.S. National Intelligence Council. Tim Smit is cofounder of the Eden Project.
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"Very short, very sharp." —Bruce Clark, Economist
"Pertinent . . . Evans is an attractive and persuasive writer . . . his book will strike many chords." —Allan Massie, Scotsman
"An important book about the need to bring inspiring narratives back to the heart of progressive politics . . . This has traction because it has truth, literally as well as metaphorically." —New Scientist
"A really fascinating contribution to answering the question: how do we find new myths to live by." —Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury
"Everyone should read this." —Tim Smit
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- PublisherEden Project
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1909513113
- ISBN 13 9781909513112
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
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