Politik
der Anziehung
Approaches to Holistic
Politics:
an exploration of new paths for civil society
Open Space principles for political action
Open Space principles may help us to embody the change we wish to see; while we're organising conferences, and perhaps even in political work or life in general. Trusting the process of self-organisation, moving towards collective intelligence, and creating structures trough following inner promptings may be interesting ideas for a new paradigm...
Open Space principles
(pdf 120KB)
Los Principios del Espacio Abierto
(pdf 120KB)
Moving into the Visionary Mode
Some people see things as they are
and they ask: "why?"
Some people dream things that never were
and they ask: "why not?"
G.B. Shaw
How may we find our visions?
How to spark the creativity within us that will let us see beyond what is into what might be?
Moving
into the Visionary Mode
(pdf 206 KB)
Filling
Vision
with
Power:
The
Law of Attraction, Positive Thinking and Political Change
A vision is more than a word. Words can
be a good point of entry, if we use them the right way. They can lead
us into ever more detail and force of imagination, making us feel and
breathe the vision, making it come alive and helping us to bring a
desired future into the present. Well-known methods such as utopian
novels can be expanded into role-playing and daydreaming, bringing a
dimension of deliberate structural change into areas where one may not
have suspected it. One such area may also be New Thought, suggesting to
use our personal power of definition and dreaming much more
consciously. Can this also be done in a broader, more systemic
perspective, perhaps by moving
- from individual action to collective action
- from individual happiness to the happiness of all
- from success within a framework to changing the framework ?
Filling Vision with Power
(pdf 124KB)
Loving the present while working for political transformation
What stories might help us love the world we live in, right here and now, and still contribute actively to its development? Is it possible, and is it all right to feel good while there is still so much suffering in the world? If we do not need to be desperate to be committed, what may the other paths look like, and how can we walk them? Examples of stories and metaphors that might help, general considerations and practical suggestions.
Loving the Present
while working for political
transformation
pdf (139 KB)
Spirit and Politics, Love and the System:
Looking for
bridges between one and the same
(pdf 74 KB)
Stories and Images: Constructing the World
What if reality were not something that we find "as it is" in the outside, but something that we create through our thoughts, our perceptions, our ways of looking at things? Wouldn't a new understanding of reality also have implications for how we think we can shape and influence reality - and therefore for our political action?
Stories
and Images: Constructing the World
(pdf 490 KB)
Academic Writing: Constructivist and Holistic? A personal account
How will academic practice change if I try to implement insights coming from a constructivist perspective, and wish to make myself visible as a human being, including emotions and personal experiences? How can I speak subjectively, for myself, and how can I also reflect the belief that all being and all human knowing is interrelated? What processes help - or hinder - a questioning of paradigms? Here's a personal account of how I intend to go about writing academic texts and why.
Academic Writing: Constructivist and Holistic?
(pdf
655KB)
A Master Frame of Co-Intelligence an Appreciation?
Framing Political Change and Social Movement Activity
Do social movements have to be antagonistic? What if they were acting in a
conceptual frame of co-intelligence and appreciation? Are there any examples?
What might that look like, and what might be implications for social movement theory and practice?
Co-Intelligence, Appreciation and Social Movements
(thesis 200p; pdf 2,4MB)