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All of us derive our identities from the stories we tell ourselves (and our children) about who we are and who we are not; our triumphs and our tragedies, the heroes we honour and the villains we denounce. We find meaning and inspiration in these narratives, but they can also trap us into dualistic thinking about 'self' and 'other'. The very realisation of an option - to escape the narrative trap - is to approach freedom from manipulation.
In Surviving the Story, political scientist Rosemary Hollis examines the role of group and national narratives in driving conflict. Her study is based on a unique survey conducted with Israeli and Palestinian university graduates who enrolled on the Olive Tree programme at City, University of London, between 2004 and 2016.
Dr Hollis's findings pose important questions for those involved in conflict and its mediation. For protagonists, dialogue with the enemy can alert them to the role of narratives in driving them and the conflict. For what Dr Hollis calls 'the peace business', there are valuable insights and cautionary tales.
For the non-specialist reader baffled today by an almost daily diet of competing narratives, this work offers hope. Rather than fall prey to dualistic thinking about political and national identity, the reader is invited to forego polarised, tribal positions and discern alternative ways of being.
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"In this penetrating study, Rosemary Hollis weaves together with crystalline prose the sensibilities of a psychologist with those of the well-informed analyst of realpolitik."
Tarak Barkawi, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
"This book comes up with a simple answer to the question, 'How has this endless and stuck situation come about and what might be done to get a move towards resolution?' The conclusion is obvious - namely, 'It's the Inner World, Stupid."
Dr Anton Obholzer, Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, former Chief Executive of theTavistock Centre.
"Self-affirming national narratives, Hollis demonstrates, cannot be ignored as they, far more than hard facts, are the "drivers and life-blood" of this profoundly asymmetrical conflict. But talking to the enemy and connecting between parallel universes is not only worthwhile but necessary."
Ian Black, author of Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
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- PublisherRed Hawk Books
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1916084311
- ISBN 13 9781916084315
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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