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|subtitle=The Evolution of the Human Sense of Self | |subtitle=The Evolution of the Human Sense of Self | ||
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|author=Charles Eisenstein | |author=Charles Eisenstein | ||
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| − | + | |read=Read by [[Lyn Gerry]] from episodes [[461]] - [[485]] and by [[Robin Upton]] for episode [[674]] | |
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| − | | | + | |seealso=* [http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive/audiobooks/Ascent%20of%20Humanity/Ascent%20Of%20Humanity%20(Audiobook).zip The entire audiobook] (806MB ZIP file) |
| − | * [http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive/audiobooks/Ascent%20of%20Humanity/Ascent%20Of%20Humanity%20(Audiobook).zip The entire audiobook] (806MB ZIP file) | + | |
* [http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive.php?url=audiobooks/Ascent%20of%20Humanity/ Browse the audiobook by chapter or subsection] | * [http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive.php?url=audiobooks/Ascent%20of%20Humanity/ Browse the audiobook by chapter or subsection] | ||
| + | |description=This is a large book which tackles today's social and environmental troubles on a fundamental level. It addresses the evolution of life as a process of incremental separation from ones environment. Eisenstein traces the modern alienation a looong way back (before protozoa!) and takes a detailed look at what is happening around the world, putting forward an animist view of spirituality that emphasises the fundamental connectedness of all life. | ||
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| + | Eisenstein uses a Biblical parallel, likening the human effort to conquer nature to the building of the Tower of Babel. The psychology of previous investment makes it increasingly hard to give up the effort to reach heaven, even as it becomes ever more painful to continue the effort. He looks forward to what he refers to as "the age of {{cat|reunion}}", in which {{cat|technology}} and human ingenuity is turned to the task of nurturing life and celebrating its difference, spontaneity and chaos, rather than attempting to separate and dissociate ideas and events and thus to bring them under human control. | ||
|contents=0. [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/introduction.php Introduction] | |contents=0. [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/introduction.php Introduction] | ||
# [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-0.php The Triumph of Technology] | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-0.php The Triumph of Technology] | ||
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#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-1.php The Biological Origins of Self] [[463]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-1.php The Biological Origins of Self] [[463]] | ||
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-2.php Fire and Stone] [[463]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-2.php Fire and Stone] [[463]] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-3.php Labeling the World] [[464]] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-3.php Labeling the World] [[464]], [[673]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-4.php Mathematics and Measure] [[464]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-4.php Mathematics and Measure] [[464]] | ||
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-5.php Keeping Time] [[464]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-5.php Keeping Time] [[464]] | ||
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#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-11.php In Love with the World] [[481]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-11.php In Love with the World] [[481]] | ||
# [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-0.php Self and Cosmos] | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-0.php Self and Cosmos] | ||
| − | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-1.php Human Nature Restored] | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-1.php Human Nature Restored] [[674]] |
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-2.php The Fall] [[482]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-2.php The Fall] [[482]] | ||
#* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-3.php The Perinatal Matrix] [[482]] | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-3.php The Perinatal Matrix] [[482]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:22, 15 November 2013
Ascent of Humanity
The Evolution of the Human Sense of Self, by Charles Eisenstein
Read by Lyn Gerry from episodes 461 - 485 and by Robin Upton for episode 674 List of Episodes
* Whole text online
* The entire audiobook (806MB ZIP file)
This is a large book which tackles today's social and environmental troubles on a fundamental level. It addresses the evolution of life as a process of incremental separation from ones environment. Eisenstein traces the modern alienation a looong way back (before protozoa!) and takes a detailed look at what is happening around the world, putting forward an animist view of spirituality that emphasises the fundamental connectedness of all life.
Eisenstein uses a Biblical parallel, likening the human effort to conquer nature to the building of the Tower of Babel. The psychology of previous investment makes it increasingly hard to give up the effort to reach heaven, even as it becomes ever more painful to continue the effort. He looks forward to what he refers to as "the age of reunion", in which technology and human ingenuity is turned to the task of nurturing life and celebrating its difference, spontaneity and chaos, rather than attempting to separate and dissociate ideas and events and thus to bring them under human control.
| 0. Introduction |