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The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jeremy LentPublish date:2022-05-10Pages:528
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Society PublishersISBN-13:9780865719798ISBN-10:865719799UPC:9780865719798Book Category:Social Science, Philosophy, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Metaphysics, MovementsBook Topic:Cultural & Social, ExistentialSize:8.98 x 5.98 x 1.42 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SC8P4ZYYVA

"A profound personal meditation on human existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?"
-- Gabor Maté M.D. , author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

As our civilization careens toward climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. The dominant worldview of disconnection, which tells us we are split between mind and body, separate from each other, and at odds with the natural world, has been invalidated by modern science.

Award-winning author, Jeremy Lent, investigates humanity's age-old questions - Who am I? Why am I? How should I live? - from a fresh perspective, weaving together findings from modern systems thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom.

The result is a breathtaking accomplishment: a rich, coherent worldview based on a deep recognition of connectedness within ourselves, between each other, and with the entire natural world. It offers a compelling foundation for a new philosophical framework that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on a flourishing Earth.

The Web of Meaning is for everyone looking for deep and coherent answers to the crisis of civilization.

Language:EnglishPublisher:New Society PublishersISBN-13:9780865719798ISBN-10:865719799UPC:9780865719798Book Category:Social Science, Philosophy, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Metaphysics, MovementsBook Topic:Cultural & Social, ExistentialSize:8.98 x 5.98 x 1.42 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SC8P4ZYYVA

Jeremy Lent is an author whose writings investigate the patterns of thought that have led our civilization to its current crisis of sustainability. Born in London, England, Lent received a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and was a former internet company CEO. His award-winning book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning , explores the way humans have made meaning from the cosmos from hunter-gatherer times to the present day. He is founder of the non-profit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering an integrated, life-affirming worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on Earth. He lives with his partner in Berkeley, California.


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