ABOUT THIS SITE
This site is intended as a source of creative thinking about the art of living and social change. I hope that the various writings and ideas here will inspire adventurous possibilities.
A fundamental thread connecting all my work is the importance of developing empathy - that is, making the imaginative leap of being able to look at the world from the perspective of others. Empathy, I believe, is the ultimate art form for the twenty-first century, and a way both to revitalise our individual lives and to bring about profound social transformation.
A second thread is the importance of interdisciplinary thinking. Our culture has become bound in the straightjacket of a narrow obsession with specialist knowledge. We must expand beyond the confines of individual disciplines and draw on the whole range of learning, as well as our personal experience. I specialise in being a generalist.
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ABOUT ROMAN KRZNARIC
I am engaged in creative thinking about the art of living and social change. For several years I was Project Director at The Oxford Muse, the foundation established by the avant-garde thinker and historian Theodore Zeldin to stimulate courage and invention in personal, professional and cultural life. I studied at the universities of Oxford, London and Essex, where I gained my PhD. I have taught sociology and politics at Cambridge University and City University, London, and have done human rights work in Central America with refugees and indigenous people. I have designed and am teaching the course on Work at The School of Life, and am their resident expert on Conversation.
In addition to writing and running courses on the art of living, I act as a consultant to organisations such as Oxfam and the United Nations on empathy, education and social change. I am the author of a book on sport and the meaning of life, The First Beautiful Game, and have just completed what may be the world's first gardening hijack novel. My list of other publications is available here.
I am based in Oxford, UK, but have also lived in Australia, Hong Kong, Spain and the United States. I am a fanatical real tennis player, have worked as a gardener and have a passion for furniture making.
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