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The Post Tragic with Zak Stein & Marian Partington

Not everyone experiences tragedy, but many who do are changed by it forever. Tragedy can cut so deep that it comes to be recognised as an inescapable feature of life, but not necessarily a defining or debilitating one. Learning from that kind of wholehearted relationship to tragedy matters today, if only because we are in a phase of history where we are witnessing a collective tragedy, namely our apparent failure, despite decades of effort, to respond to the ecological collapse of our shared home. The point is not to give up, but to recognise that any future success depends on an encounter with the tragedy of our current failure. The Post-Tragic sensibility and stance therefore offer a response to personal and societal hardship that may become critical as the interlocking crises of our times continue to bite. We will need to remain positive, but that positivity will have to be informed by the pervasiveness of suffering and uncertainty. This evening gathering brought together Zak Stein and Marian Partington as two leading practitioners of post-tragic awareness to ask what it is and how it can help us. The writer, educator and futurist Zak Stein has described how the post-tragic turns from strategies of avoidance to look squarely at what has happened and is going on. It is about grappling with the tragic but not becoming stuck in it. 'There’s an art to dealing with suffering', he says, 'It steals into a new form of character or identity'. Marian Partington’s sister, Lucy, disappeared for 20 years before Lucy’s remains were found in the cellar of the house of Fred and Rosemary West. Marian has written about her deep and fierce engagement with the experience. She knows how 'the feeling of despair, and helplessness that this is never going to go away, consumes the hope of change'. And yet, her story is one of recovering the human spirit, which carries huge resonance for us today. You can find out more about Zak's work here (http://www.zakstein.org) & Marian's work here (https://www.theforgivenessproject.com.... *** You can follow Perspectiva on Twitter (  / perspecteeva​​​​  ) Subscribe to our newsletter via our website (https://systems-souls-society.com​​​​) Perspectiva is registered in England and Wales as: Perspectives on Systems, Souls and Society (1170492​​​​). Our charitable aims are: 'To advance the education of the public in general, particularly amongst thought leaders in the public realm on the subject of the relationships between complex global challenges and the inner lives of human beings, and how these relationships play out in society; and to promote research, activities and discourse for the public benefit in these subjects and to publish useful results'. Aside from modest income from books and events, all our income comes from donations from philanthropic trusts and foundations and further donations are therefore welcome. Please consider supporting us on Patreon (  / perspecteeva  ) or making a donation via our website (https://systems-souls-society.com)