Stephen James Purdey is an International Relations specialist (PhD, University of Toronto). His academic research focuses on the theoretical and normative attributes of systems of global governance, and on the practical evolution of new forms of global governance to meet current socio-ecological challenges. Now retired, Dr. Purdey worked for several years in the private sector, in Canadian federal politics, and with non- governmental organizations such as the United Nations Association, the World Federalists, and the Earth Council.

• Part IThe Scope and Impact of MetanarrativeChapter 1: Metanarrative: An IntroductionChapter 2: Narrative Protocol and the Moral TurnChapter 3: Global Governance in Contemporary CultureChapter 4: The Story of Progress and ProsperityChapter 5: The Folly of Growth and the New MetanarrativePart IIMorality and AgencyChapter 6: An Introduction to Dualism, Monism, and the Problem of ReconciliationChapter 7: The Material and Transcendent WorldsChapter 8: The New Metanarrative: Some Ontological ConsiderationsChapter 9: Agency and the Evolution of MetanarrativeChapter 10: The End and the Beginning

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Stephen James Purdey is an International Relations specialist (PhD, University of Toronto). His academic research focuses on the theoretical and normative attributes of systems of global governance, and on the practical evolution of new forms of global governance to meet current socio-ecological challenges. Now retired, Dr. Purdey worked for several years in the private sector, in Canadian federal politics, and with non- governmental organizations such as the United Nations Association, the World Federalists, and the Earth Council.

• Part IThe Scope and Impact of MetanarrativeChapter 1: Metanarrative: An IntroductionChapter 2: Narrative Protocol and the Moral TurnChapter 3: Global Governance in Contemporary CultureChapter 4: The Story of Progress and ProsperityChapter 5: The Folly of Growth and the New MetanarrativePart IIMorality and AgencyChapter 6: An Introduction to Dualism, Monism, and the Problem of ReconciliationChapter 7: The Material and Transcendent WorldsChapter 8: The New Metanarrative: Some Ontological ConsiderationsChapter 9: Agency and the Evolution of MetanarrativeChapter 10: The End and the Beginning

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Stephen James Purdey is an International Relations specialist (PhD, University of Toronto). His academic research focuses on the theoretical and normative attributes of systems of global governance, and on the practical evolution of new forms of global governance to meet current socio-ecological challenges. Now retired, Dr. Purdey worked for several years in the private sector, in Canadian federal politics, and with non- governmental organizations such as the United Nations Association, the World Federalists, and the Earth Council.

• Part IThe Scope and Impact of MetanarrativeChapter 1: Metanarrative: An IntroductionChapter 2: Narrative Protocol and the Moral TurnChapter 3: Global Governance in Contemporary CultureChapter 4: The Story of Progress and ProsperityChapter 5: The Folly of Growth and the New MetanarrativePart IIMorality and AgencyChapter 6: An Introduction to Dualism, Monism, and the Problem of ReconciliationChapter 7: The Material and Transcendent WorldsChapter 8: The New Metanarrative: Some Ontological ConsiderationsChapter 9: Agency and the Evolution of MetanarrativeChapter 10: The End and the Beginning

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