Zin in de samenleving
Description
In an era where traditional social structures like churches, political parties, and unions are losing their binding force, society is grappling with increased loneliness, division, and a search for purpose. Zin in de samenleving (Meaning in Society) explores the hopeful and creative responses emerging from the ground up.
This book investigates ten diverse and innovative initiatives across the Netherlands that are forging new places of meaning, resistance, and perspective. Through vivid reports and interviews, it takes readers inside city monasteries, repair cafés, regenerative farms, social cooperatives, and activist movements. These are places where people are coming together to tackle today's most pressing issues—from the climate crisis and social inequality to personal well-being and the legacy of colonial history.
Zin in de samenleving combines these practical examples with insightful interviews with leading thinkers and academic reflections. It reveals the common threads that unite these new movements: a deep sense of community, a desire for genuine human connection, and a commitment to building a more sustainable and just world. This book is an inspiring guide for anyone seeking to understand how a more meaningful society is not just possible, but is already being built.
Table of contents 22 entries
- Voorwoord 4
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Deel 1: De geest uit de fles?
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- Tegen de moedeloosheid van de moderne tijd Gabriël van den Brink — Author 10
- Het verdwijnen van het rituele Mark Wildschut — Author 14
- Zinvol bezig zijn in de goede richting Stefan Paas — Author 17
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Deel 2: Tien initiatieven in woord en beeld
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- Stadsklooster Haarlem 23
- The School for Moral Ambition 27
- D3rde Verdieping 31
- Eten met Zin 35
- Simonshuis 39
- Repair Café de Bieb 43
- Extinction Rebellion 47
- Lenteland 51
- Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie 55
- Sites of Memory 59
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Deel 3: Structuren van zingeving
63
- Vindingrijke antwoorden op maatschappelijke ontregelingen Christa Anbeek — Author; Laurens ten Kate — Author 64
- Nieuwe vormen van kerk-zijn Hans Alma — Author 68
- Bouwprojecten voor de nieuwe samenleving Bob de Wit — Author 72
- Nawoord - Zin in de samenleving 76
- Colofon 82