Metaphor, transformation and transdisciplinarity
| dc.contributor.author | Sage, Colin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hughes, Ian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Byrne, Edmond P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mullally, Gerard | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-03T09:20:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-03T09:20:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-07-30 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-08-03T09:08:44Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Metaphor, along with narrative and other linguistic devices such as myth, fable, parable, and allegory, enables us to make sense of the world around us and shape how we think and act individually and collectively in relation to society and the natural world. The chapter considers the properties of metaphors and how they can promote or curtail action towards transformative change in the direction of sustainability. The notion of transformation itself is examined and is taken to represent profound changes in the ways we understand economy, society, and the place of technology. Indeed, it calls for a recalibration of the popular imagination – and this is where metaphor, myth, and fable have such a vital role to play. As an introduction to the book, the chapter explains the structure of the volume comprising four parts each of which explore different dimensions of metaphor from the ways it shapes our relationship with science and technology to the rich terrain of psychoanalysis, creativity, and artistic practice. Each of the subsequent 13 chapters are briefly described and demonstrate the spirit of transdisciplinary collaboration which informs their quite different analyses, but which share a commitment to sustainability representing an authentic societal and environmental flourishing. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sage, C., Hughes, I., Byrne, E. and Mullally, G. (2021) 'Metaphor, transformation and transdisciplinarity', in Hughes, I., Byrne, E., Mullally, G. and Sage, C. (eds.) Metaphor, Sustainability, Transformation: Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 1-28. doi: 10.4324/9781003143567-1 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.4324/9781003143567-1 | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 28 | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9781003143567 | |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/11626 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Metaphor, Sustainability, Transformation: Transdisciplinary Perspectives | |
| dc.rights | © 2021, the Authors. This chapter is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Language | en |
| dc.subject | Metaphor | en |
| dc.subject | Environment | en |
| dc.title | Metaphor, transformation and transdisciplinarity | en |
| dc.type | Book chapter | en |
