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 Oikeiōsis.- 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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