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The Web Of Meaning : Integrating Science And Traditional Wisdom To Find Our Place In The Universe
Paperback Edition: 1
As our civilisation careens towards a precipice of climate breakdown, ecological destruction and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. Our 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 passed its expiration date.
Yet another world is possible.
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.
Publisher : Profile Books Ltd. (UK)
Publication date : 2022-07-05
Pages : 528
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Science And Technology, Philosophy, Earth Science, Social Impact Of Environmental Issues