ISBN: 9780863157592 - a new renaissance: transforming science, spirit and society (3 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. 311 pages. A New Renaissance diagnoses the urgent need for change and renewal in today's period of crisis in philosophy, science, and society. Some six hundr ed years ago, the Florentine Renaissance took a huge leap forward into realism, rationality, and self-awareness. It was born from the waning authority of mediev al institutions and beliefs. Today, we stand at a similar junction in histor y. It appears to many that reductionist science and its materialistic values--a worldview that has driven modern culture for the past two centuries--is quickly losing credibility. Its objectives of growth and acquisition and its guiding pri nciples asserting that there is no intrinsic meaning to life or purpose in the c osmos are now widely seen as creating an unsustainable world. The essays gathere d in A New Renaissance are a cultural response to the failings of the prevailing materialistic worldview. Contributions in the first part diagnose the sources of the crises in today's world. The second section searches for a new understanding of consciousness and mind, based on findings in recent non-materialistic fields of philosophy. The third section looks toward a renewal of spirituality beyond religion, aiming to recapture the personal depth and con nection to the cosmos that materialism denies, ignores and actively struggles ag ainst. The fourth section examines possible reforms in politics, economics, and education that will help birth a society that can sustain the flourishing of hum an beings in the globally interconnected, twenty-first-century world. Co ntributors include: Ervin Laszlo, Richard Tarnas, the Prince of Wales, Iain McGi lchrist, Larry Dossey, Chris Clarke, Rupert Sheldrake, Anne Baring, Satish Kumar. …