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The Political Necessity of Transpersonal Work

Deep Democracy's Potential to Transform Polarized Conflicts

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Authors:
  1. Marcella Rowek

    1. UNESCO Chair for Peace Studies, University of Innsbruck, Igls-Vill, Austria

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  • Transdisciplinary Study in the Field of Peacebuilding, Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation

Part of the book series: Masters of Peace (MAPEAC)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction: Lived Interconnectedness

    • Marcella Rowek
    Pages 1-30

  3. Transrational Peaces

    • Marcella Rowek
    Pages 31-46

  4. Interconnectedness – The Field That Is

    • Marcella Rowek
    Pages 47-67

  5. Entering the Field from Inside Out

    • Marcella Rowek
    Pages 69-94

  6. Entering the Field from Outside In – Worldwork

    • Marcella Rowek
    Pages 95-138

  7. An Open Forum in Zurich

    • Marcella Rowek
    Pages 139-169

  8. Conclusion

    • Marcella Rowek
    Pages 171-177

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 179-214
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About this book

Marcella Rowek explores the paradigm of Deep Democracy and its potential to transform polarized conflicts in the context of the current refugee situation in Europe. Her approach to peace work and research is embedded in the Innsbruck School of Peace Studies’ philosophy of Transrational Peaces and Lederach’s Elicitive Conflict Transformation. At the heart of a deeply democratic attitude is the idea that all perspectives, experiences, feelings, body sensations and awareness levels of the conflicting parties have to be acknowledged and consciously worked with. Only then conflict transformation processes can unfold. This is linked to a systemic and transpersonal perspective, which assumes that not a single person, event or group triggers a conflict, but that it is systemically co-created.   

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Authors and Affiliations

  • UNESCO Chair for Peace Studies, University of Innsbruck, Igls-Vill, Austria

    Marcella Rowek

About the author

Marcella Rowek is a peace researcher from the MA program in Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at the University of Innsbruck. She strives for a culture of creativity and transrationality in community processes. ​  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Political Necessity of Transpersonal Work

  • Book Subtitle: Deep Democracy's Potential to Transform Polarized Conflicts

  • Authors: Marcella Rowek

  • Series Title: Masters of Peace

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22113-3

  • Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-22112-6Published: 16 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-22113-3Published: 14 May 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2364-463X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-4648

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 214

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Community and Environmental Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Peace Studies

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