The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Ascent of Humanity "An exploration of the history and future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to a common source: the ideology of the discrete and separate self"--Provided by publisher.
Full description- Publisher: Evolver Editions
- Published: 18 February 2013
- Format: Paperback 600 pages
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- Categories: Social Forecasting, Future Studies | Political Science & Theory | Political Economy | Impact Of Science & Technology On Society | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Social & Political Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9781583945353 ISBN 10: 1583945350
- Sales rank: 430,882
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Full description for The Ascent of Humanity
Charles Eisenstein explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate self. In this landmark book, Eisenstein explains how a disconnection from the natural world and one another is built into the foundations of civilization: into science, religion, money, technology, medicine, and education as we know them. As a result, each of these institutions faces a grave and growing crisis, fueling our near-pathological pursuit of technological fixes even as we push our planet to the brink of collapse. Fortunately, an Age of Reunion is emerging out of the birth pangs of an earth in crisis. As our old constructs of self and world dissolve in crisis, we are entering a new narrative of interbeing, a more expansive sense of self, and a more ecological relationship to nature. Our darkest hour bears the possibility of a more beautiful world--not through the extension of millennia-old methods of management and control but by fundamentally reimagining ourselves and our systems. Breathtaking in its scope and intelligence, "The Ascent of Humanity" is a remarkable book showing what it truly means to be human.
