Jeremy Lent

The Web of Meaning

Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe

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Produktbeschreibung

A compelling foundation for a new story of interconnectedness, showing how, as our civilization unravels, another world is possible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Profile Books Ltd
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9781788165655
• ISBN-10: 1788165659
• Artikelnr.: 62570046

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Lent is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilisation's existential crisis, and explores pathways towards a life-affirming future. His award-winning book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning, examines the way humans have made meaning from the cosmos from hunter-gatherer times to the present day. A former internet company CEO, he is founder of the non-profit Liology Institute dedicated to fostering an integrated worldview in support of a flourishing future on a regenerated Earth. He lives with his

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: Who Am I?
Chapter 1: The Nameless Uncarved Wood
Chapter 2: The Most Important Relationship of Your Life
Chapter 3: The Original AI: Animate Intelligence
Part 2: Where Am I?
Chapter 4: The Patterns of the Universe
Chapter 5: The Harmonic Web of Life
Part 3: What Am I?
Chapter 6: The Deep Purpose of Life
Chapter 7: The Tao in My Own Nature
Part 4: How Should I Live?
Chapter 8: Flourishing as an Integrated Organism
Chapter 9: Cultivating Integrated Values
Chapter 10: Human Nature
Part 5: Why Am I?
Chapter 11: Everything Is Connected
Chapter 12: From Fixed Self to Infinite Li: The Fractal Nature of Identity
Chapter 13: Weaving a New Story of Meaning