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Monoculture: How One Story is Changing Everything (2011)

door F. S. Michaels

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Winner of the 2011 NCTE George Orwell Award for outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse. One of The Atlantic's Top 11 Philosophy/Psychology Books of 2011 As human beings, we've always told stories: stories about who we are, where we come from, and where we're going. Now imagine that one of those stories is taking over the others, narrowing our diversity and creating a monoculture. Because of the rise of the economic story, six areas of your world - your work, your relationships with others and the environment, your community, your physical and spiritual health, your education, and your creativity - are changing, or have already changed, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. And because how you think shapes how you act, the monoculture isn't just changing your mind - it's changing your life. "I found myself reading non-stop, underlining like crazy...an astute explanation about what I've been feeling recently, something I couldn't put my finger on... Michaels] writes in clear, energetic prose that's thoughtful, engaging and unforced. She defines and analyzes without judgment or insistence...a breath of fresh air..." - NPR Ohio "...a singularly brilliant and accessible analysis of some of the fundamental assumptions and driving principles of our time." - Comment Magazine "...a single lucid narrative that's bound to first make you somewhat uncomfortable and insecure, then give you the kind of pause from which you can step back and move forward with more autonomy, authenticity and mindfulness than ever." - The Atlantic "5 stars: The cause and effect of our world is more surprising than you'd think. With intriguing notions about the driving ideas of stories in every shape of our life, "Monoculture" is an incredibly fascinating way about how the mind works and today's consumer culture." - Midwest Book Review "If you just read one book this year, read this one." - BuriedInPrint blog "A smart and realistic guide to first recognizing the monoculture and the challenges of transcending its limitations." - BrainPickings.org "A thin, enrapturing gem. It's accessible, sensible--exactly the sort of book that should have (and still could + should ) take off and create a tiny little dent in books." - Kenyon Review… (meer)

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In Monoculture: How One Story is Changing Everything, which I got from the author, F.S. Michaels through Librarything, this Canadian researches explains the consequences of a dominant paradigm or worldview, story in her words to society as a whole. The rise of the economic story not only changes the way you think, but also the way you act, in work, relationships, education, community, physical and spiritual health and creativity. Monoculture illustrates the effects when “it’s the economy, stupid!” is applied to all life’s functions and areas. Public and private sectors that become only private, art & culture which become businesses, just like libraries, (mega) churches, hospitals, schools and universities. When you hear one story often enough, you come to believe it’s true. When that single story becomes our only story, a monoculture emerges.

Fortunately, there are other stories to read and practice. Michaels presents three alternative stories, parallel structures in her words: the Slow Food Movement, Christopher Alexander‘s pattern language and Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication. That means you as an individual can think and decide for yourself which path, which paradigm or which structure you use to give life meaning. To quote Albert Einstein, as Michaels does at p.129: “Only the individual can think and thereby create new values for society, nay, even set up new moral standards to which the life of the community conforms…The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close social cohesion.” (

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De rode draad van het boek? Bijna alle aspecten van ons leven wordt momenteel gedomineerd door een economische logica. En dat zorgt voor verarming. Oplossing? Probeer er niets aan te doen, maar sta er af en toe eens bij stil en creëer je eigen parallelle werkelijkheid.

Dit is wellicht een te oppervlakkige samenvatting, maar meer haal ik er ook niet uit. Ik geef toe, ik ben uit frustratie van hoofdstuk 3 naar hoofdstuk 9 en 10 gesprongen in de hoop dat het besluit verlichting zou brengen, maar helaas. Als het boek de titel "monoculture" draagt, verwacht ik dat ik iets zal opsteken over het fenomeen zelf en niet alleen maar hoef te lezen over de negatieve implicaties van de cultuur die vandaag overheerst. Dit laatste kan je op andere plekken veel diepgaander en beter lezen.

Ik ben benieuwd hoe de auteur deze cultuur historisch bekijkt, hoe ze denkt dat het gaat evolueren, waarom er zoveel andere culturen niet uit hun niches geraken of dat al die andere stromingen van geen betekenis zijn en wat er allemaal moet gebeuren om werkelijk iets te veranderen (maar eigenlijk geeft ze aan dat je helemaal niets moet veranderen).

Een loutere beschrijving van wat er misloopt en drie lukrake voorbeelden van leuke alternatieven voor je persoonlijk welzijn, dat vind ik te mager naar mijn smaak... (

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"It is easy to forget how mysterious and mighty stories are. They do their work in silence, invisibly. They work with all the internal materials of the mind and self. They become part of you while changing you. Beware the stories you read or tell: subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world." Ben Okri

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Winner of the 2011 NCTE George Orwell Award for outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse. One of The Atlantic's Top 11 Philosophy/Psychology Books of 2011 As human beings, we've always told stories: stories about who we are, where we come from, and where we're going. Now imagine that one of those stories is taking over the others, narrowing our diversity and creating a monoculture. Because of the rise of the economic story, six areas of your world - your work, your relationships with others and the environment, your community, your physical and spiritual health, your education, and your creativity - are changing, or have already changed, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. And because how you think shapes how you act, the monoculture isn't just changing your mind - it's changing your life. "I found myself reading non-stop, underlining like crazy...an astute explanation about what I've been feeling recently, something I couldn't put my finger on... Michaels] writes in clear, energetic prose that's thoughtful, engaging and unforced. She defines and analyzes without judgment or insistence...a breath of fresh air..." - NPR Ohio "...a singularly brilliant and accessible analysis of some of the fundamental assumptions and driving principles of our time." - Comment Magazine "...a single lucid narrative that's bound to first make you somewhat uncomfortable and insecure, then give you the kind of pause from which you can step back and move forward with more autonomy, authenticity and mindfulness than ever." - The Atlantic "5 stars: The cause and effect of our world is more surprising than you'd think. With intriguing notions about the driving ideas of stories in every shape of our life, "Monoculture" is an incredibly fascinating way about how the mind works and today's consumer culture." - Midwest Book Review "If you just read one book this year, read this one." - BuriedInPrint blog "A smart and realistic guide to first recognizing the monoculture and the challenges of transcending its limitations." - BrainPickings.org "A thin, enrapturing gem. It's accessible, sensible--exactly the sort of book that should have (and still could + should ) take off and create a tiny little dent in books." - Kenyon Review

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