Jeremy Lent

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! The Web of Meaning Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe New Society Publishers	This book lays out an entirely different foundation for a civilization that could lead us sustainably through this century and beyond. It reveals the flaws hidden within the current worldview, …	Jeremy Lent	530	2021	View
From NEW! The Nameless Uncarved Wood From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	Traditional Chinese and Greek philosophy of mind is discussed, along with the insights of modern neuroscience. The chapter describes the role of the pre-frontal cortex as the executive function, …	Jeremy Lent	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From NEW! The Original AI Animate Intelligence From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	This chapter links the European loss of seeing the world as connected with the Scientific Revolution, and how that view has continued uninterrupted in Indigenous ways of seeing and knowing. …	Jeremy Lent	26	2021	$2.60 Add
From NEW! The Most Important Relationship in Your Life From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	How the "I" and the "self" split apart early in human evolution is viewed as a defining characteristic of humanity. The differences between I and self are discussed, along …	Jeremy Lent	26	2021	$2.60 Add
From NEW! The Patterns of the Universe From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	The chapter begins with the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, and continues with the the philosophy of flux of the Pre-Socratics and of the Song Dynasty of China. How things can be in constant flux …	Jeremy Lent	31	2021	$3.10 Add
From NEW! The Harmonic Dance of Life From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	Competition in the development of life is contrasted with the far more important role co-operation has had in producing the breathtaking diversity and beauty of life. Darwinism, the discovery of …	Jeremy Lent	27	2021	$2.70 Add
From NEW! The Deep Purpose of Life From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	This chapter discovers that not only that life does have purpose, but that intrinsic purpose is, in fact, a defining characteristic of life. The author discusses research in the dynamics of …	Jeremy Lent	23	2021	$2.30 Add
From NEW! The Tao in My Own Nature From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	This chapter overturns much conventional thinking and points out that the natural world, our own nature, and the culture in which we are embedded, are all subject to the same principles. …	Jeremy Lent	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From NEW! Flourishing as an Integrated Organism From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	Examining the way we develop as profoundly affected by the conditions in which we grow, the author describes health in harmony and the harmful effects of advertising such as income inequality, …	Jeremy Lent	28	2021	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Cultivating Integrated Values From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	This chapter contrasts an inborn moral sense with beliefs in humanity’s intrinsic malevolence. The way values have evolved towards empathy, altruistic behaviours, cooperation, and fairness …	Jeremy Lent	27	2021	$2.70 Add
From NEW! Human/Nature From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	The chapter begins with the absurdity of anthropocentrism, continuing with the European thirst for domination overseas and over nature. The Great Acceleration is described as the commodification …	Jeremy Lent	29	2021	$2.90 Add
From NEW! Everything Is Connected From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	This chapter contrasts the European tradition of a self-contained individual and consciousness with the Buddhist (and other) traditions of the boundaries separating the self from others as all …	Jeremy Lent	30	2021	$3.00 Add
From NEW! From Fixed Self to Infinite L The Fractal Nature of Identity From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	This chapter asserts that once the reality of a connected universe is embraced, new forms of identity naturally emerge. Rejecting dualism and reductionism, paradigm shifts, pantheism, Buddhism, …	Jeremy Lent	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From NEW! Weaving a New Story of Meaning From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	The chapter concludes that an ecological civilization will emerge only when the symbiotic linkages between people become a more powerful force than the competitive impulses engendered by the …	Jeremy Lent	34	2021	$3.40 Add