Andrej Zwitter is Professor of Political Theory and Governance at the University of Groningen, theNetherlands. He is founding dean of the Faculty of Sustainability Transformation and Governance (Campus Fryslân) at the same university and the Data Research Centre and the Cyan Centre for Climate Change Adaptation.

• List of Illustrations and FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsHow to Read This BookForeword – Ban Ki-moon and Patrick Verkoojen (Former Secretary-General of the United Nations and CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation)AcknowledgementIntroduction – Andrej Zwitter (Professor of Political Theory and Governance, University of Groningen, Netherlands)Part I: Meta-Scientific Approaches to Understanding FlourishingChapter 1. The Spectrum of Human Understanding: The Conceptual Basis of Human Flourishing – George Ellis (Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow, University of Cape Town, South Africa)Chapter 2. The Indispensability Thesis and the Expanded Notion of Nature – Markus Gabriel (Chair in Epistemology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, University of Bonn, Germany)Chapter 3. Ontological Security and Worldviews for Human Flourishing – Dean Rickles (Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, University of Sydney, Australia)Part II: Non-Material Conceptions of FlourishingChapter 4. Positive Psychology and Human Flourishing Chapter 5. Christian and Neo-Platonic Roots of Flourishing – Higher Virtues and the Pursuit of Happiness – Andrej Zwitter (Professor of Political Theory and Governance, University of Groningen, Netherlands)Chapter 6. Learning to Flourish with Spinoza – Harald Atmanspacher (Chair of Philosophy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)Part III: Context and Culture – Flourishing as BeingChapter 7. The Arc of Hope – Richard Hecht (Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)Chapter 8. Folktales, Stories, and Traditions – Conceptual Indigenous Wisdom and Knowledge for Human Flourishing – Wakanyi Hoffman (Research Fellow, The New Institute, Hamburg, Germany)Chapter 9. Confucian Language of Flourishing: Reading the Classic Daxue – Victoria Sukhomlinova (Research Fellow, The New Institute, Hamburg, Germany)Chapter 10. Towards a Feminist and Radical Democratic Theory of Human Flourishing – Maggie O’Neill (Professor in Sociology and Criminology, University College Cork, Ireland)Chapter 11. The King’s Philosophy and a Happiness Train: A Conceptual Overview of GNH – Karma Ura (President of CBS & GNH Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan)Part IV: New Imaginaries of FlourishingChapter 12. Planetary Thinking for Planetary Flourishing Chapter 13. Reclaiming Care – Homo Curans as Vision for Human Flourishing and Sustainability Transformation – Ariel Hernandez (Senior Researcher, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Germany)Chapter 14. Reimagining a World Fit for Our Humanity – Ian Hughes (Senior Research Fellow, MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ireland)Chapter 15. Flourishing in the International Sphere: From Sovereignty to Solidarity: Challenges to 'Modern' International Law – Hans-Joachim Heintze (Affiliation not listed)Chapter 16. Human Flourishing: An Integrated Systems Approach to Development Post 2030 – Andrej Zwitter, George Ellis, Ariel Hernandez, Wakanyi Hoffman, Karma Ura, Richard HechtConclusion – Andrej Zwitter (Professor of Political Theory and Governance, University of Groningen, Netherlands)Epilogue: Religions in Transformation to Sustainability: The Role of the Sacred in Human Flourishing – Mary McAleese (Former Irish President)Bibliography

Andrej Zwitter is Professor of Political Theory and Governance at the University of Groningen, theNetherlands. He is founding dean of the Faculty of Sustainability Transformation and Governance (Campus Fryslân) at the same university and the Data Research Centre and the Cyan Centre for Climate Change Adaptation.

• List of Illustrations and FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsHow to Read This BookForeword – Ban Ki-moon and Patrick Verkoojen (Former Secretary-General of the United Nations and CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation)AcknowledgementIntroduction – Andrej Zwitter (Professor of Political Theory and Governance, University of Groningen, Netherlands)Part I: Meta-Scientific Approaches to Understanding FlourishingChapter 1. The Spectrum of Human Understanding: The Conceptual Basis of Human Flourishing – George Ellis (Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow, University of Cape Town, South Africa)Chapter 2. The Indispensability Thesis and the Expanded Notion of Nature – Markus Gabriel (Chair in Epistemology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, University of Bonn, Germany)Chapter 3. Ontological Security and Worldviews for Human Flourishing – Dean Rickles (Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, University of Sydney, Australia)Part II: Non-Material Conceptions of FlourishingChapter 4. Positive Psychology and Human Flourishing Chapter 5. Christian and Neo-Platonic Roots of Flourishing – Higher Virtues and the Pursuit of Happiness – Andrej Zwitter (Professor of Political Theory and Governance, University of Groningen, Netherlands)Chapter 6. Learning to Flourish with Spinoza – Harald Atmanspacher (Chair of Philosophy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)Part III: Context and Culture – Flourishing as BeingChapter 7. The Arc of Hope – Richard Hecht (Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)Chapter 8. Folktales, Stories, and Traditions – Conceptual Indigenous Wisdom and Knowledge for Human Flourishing – Wakanyi Hoffman (Research Fellow, The New Institute, Hamburg, Germany)Chapter 9. Confucian Language of Flourishing: Reading the Classic Daxue – Victoria Sukhomlinova (Research Fellow, The New Institute, Hamburg, Germany)Chapter 10. Towards a Feminist and Radical Democratic Theory of Human Flourishing – Maggie O’Neill (Professor in Sociology and Criminology, University College Cork, Ireland)Chapter 11. The King’s Philosophy and a Happiness Train: A Conceptual Overview of GNH – Karma Ura (President of CBS & GNH Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan)Part IV: New Imaginaries of FlourishingChapter 12. Planetary Thinking for Planetary Flourishing Chapter 13. Reclaiming Care – Homo Curans as Vision for Human Flourishing and Sustainability Transformation – Ariel Hernandez (Senior Researcher, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Germany)Chapter 14. Reimagining a World Fit for Our Humanity – Ian Hughes (Senior Research Fellow, MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ireland)Chapter 15. Flourishing in the International Sphere: From Sovereignty to Solidarity: Challenges to 'Modern' International Law – Hans-Joachim Heintze (Affiliation not listed)Chapter 16. Human Flourishing: An Integrated Systems Approach to Development Post 2030 – Andrej Zwitter, George Ellis, Ariel Hernandez, Wakanyi Hoffman, Karma Ura, Richard HechtConclusion – Andrej Zwitter (Professor of Political Theory and Governance, University of Groningen, Netherlands)Epilogue: Religions in Transformation to Sustainability: The Role of the Sacred in Human Flourishing – Mary McAleese (Former Irish President)Bibliography