1. Introduction: Narrative Building Machines.Mythmaking and Popular
Culture.Private Hallucinations.A Conjuror's Story.A Serendipitous
Discovery.Collective States of Mind.The Analytical Approach of This
Book.The Structure of This Book.Stories for a Better
Future.Bibliography.2. The Archetypal Magician.Transformational
Spaces.The Stage Magician.The Enlightened Magician.The Shadow
Magician.Trust and Authenticity.Stories, Memories and
Experiences.Our Chattering Selves.Scepticism of Our
Stories.Bibliography.3. Street Philosophy and the Stoics.Philosophy
for Flourishing.The Dichotomy of Control.Purpose, Responsibility
and Society.Actions over Outcomes.Learning and Growing.Life Skills
and Lessons.Fate and Fortune.Stillness, Egos and Obstacles.Habitual
Humans.Perceptions and Stories.Inner and Outer Worlds.Emotions and
Reactions.Domesticate Your Emotions.Taking Back Control.The Unlived
Lives of Our Parents.Freedom to Flourish.That Fraudster
Feeling.Hindsight and Reflection.Bibliography.4. Self-Help and
Popular Culture.An Antidote to the Self-Help Industry.Strategic
Pessimism.The Verb of Happiness.Our Protestant Past.The Law of
Attraction.Blame and Failure.Kicking and Screaming.Self-Help and
Celebrity.The Conor McGregor Story.Narrative, Ego and Persona.The
Outer World of Fame and Fortune.Paradoxical Mindsets.Trials and
Tribulations.Bibliography.5. Angels and Demons.We Want Heroes, Not
Gods.Welcome to the Dark Side.Social Compliance.Handing over
Authorship.Conforming in Cahoots.Can We Push Back?.Hero
Mentality.Hero's Journey.If the World Ended Tomorrow.Negative
Visualisation.Taking Responsibility.Compassion, Empathy and
Leadership.Gratitude and Selflessness.More Than Just a
Dream.Steven's Homecoming.The Wizard of Oz.Transcendence and
Individuation.Jung, Socrates and the Stoics.Compassion, Love and
Empathy.Bibliography.6. Beyond Them-And-Us.The Rise of Tribalism.In
These Divided Times.The Politics of Fear.Place and Belonging.The
Overview Effect.Connection and Empathy.Expanding Phil's Oikeiosis.A
Hero's Calling.Dialogue Between Sides.Fate and Perspective.Beyond
Madness and Badness.The Human Problem.Ethical Cosmopolitanism.The
Quest for Complexity.Bibliography.7. Reflections and
Transformations.Collective Reflections.Getting to Know Our
Shadows.Introspection and Transformation.One Team, Many Stories.The
Changing World of Work.A Secular Void?.Filling the Secular
Void.Transformative Philosophy.Communal Connections.Transformative
Mythologies.Towards a Modern Monomyth.The Collective
Journey.Stories to Save the World.Collective Weaving
Machines.Bibliography.
Darren Kelsey is Reader in Media and Collective Psychology at Newcastle University's School of Arts and Cultures. Darren's teaching, research and previous publications have focused on storytelling, mythology and psychology in media, politics and popular culture. Darren currently lives in County Durham with his wife and daughter.
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