Root Narrative Theory and Conflict Resolution

Name: Root Narrative Theory and Conflict Resolution
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Root Narrative Theory and Conflict ResolutionPower, Justice and Values\nAuthor(s): Solon Simmons\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367422066, 978-0367422066\nSynopsis\nThis 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 ideathe legacy effects of abuses of powerthe 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 .