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'''Read by [[Lyn]] from episodes [[461]]-[[486]]''' | '''Read by [[Lyn]] from episodes [[461]]-[[486]]''' | ||
| − | Introduction | + | [Introduction] |
| − | # The Triumph of Technology | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter1-0.php The Triumph of Technology] |
| − | #* Gee Whiz—The Future! | + | #* [Gee Whiz—The Future!] |
| − | #* Utopia Postponed | + | #* [Utopia Postponed] |
| − | #* The Addiction to Control | + | #* [The Addiction to Control] |
| − | #* From Separation to Boredom | + | #* [From Separation to Boredom] |
| − | #* From Affluence to Anxiety | + | #* [From Affluence to Anxiety] |
| − | # The Origins of Separation | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-0.php The Origins of Separation] |
| − | #* The Biological Origins of Self | + | #* [The Biological Origins of Self] |
| − | #* Fire and Stone | + | #* [Fire and Stone] |
| − | #* Labeling the World | + | #* [Labeling the World] |
| − | #* Mathematics and Measure | + | #* [Mathematics and Measure] |
| − | #* Keeping Time | + | #* [Keeping Time] |
| − | #* Images of Images | + | #* [Images of Images] |
| − | #* The Marvelous Piraha | + | #* [The Marvelous Piraha] |
| − | #* Cultivation and Culture | + | #* [Cultivation and Culture] |
| − | #* The Machine | + | #* [The Machine] |
| − | #* Religion and Ritual | + | #* [Religion and Ritual] |
| − | #* The Playful Universe | + | #* [The Playful Universe] |
| − | # The Way of the World | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter3-0.php The Way of the World] |
| − | #* The Scientific Method | + | #* [The Scientific Method] |
| − | #* My Personal Age of Reason | + | #* [My Personal Age of Reason] |
| − | #* Masters of the Universe | + | #* [Masters of the Universe] |
| − | #* The Quest for Certainty | + | #* [The Quest for Certainty] |
| − | #* Reducing Reality | + | #* [Reducing Reality] |
| − | #* The Ghost in the Machine | + | #* [The Ghost in the Machine] |
| − | #* The Origin of Life | + | #* [The Origin of Life] |
| − | #* Alone in the Universe | + | #* [Alone in the Universe] |
| − | # | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter4-0.php Money and Property] |
| − | #* The Realm of Me and Mine | + | #* [The Realm of Me and Mine] |
| − | #* Alone in a Crowd | + | #* [Alone in a Crowd] |
| − | #* The Anonymous Power | + | #* [The Anonymous Power] |
| − | #* Social Capital | + | #* [Social Capital] |
| − | #* Cultural Capital | + | #* [Cultural Capital] |
| − | #* Natural Capital | + | #* [Natural Capital] |
| − | #* Spiritual Capital | + | #* [Spiritual Capital] |
| − | #* Time, Money, and The Good | + | #* [Time, Money, and The Good] |
| − | #* The Economics of Other | + | #* [The Economics of Other] |
| − | #* Interest and Self-Interest | + | #* [Interest and Self-Interest] |
| − | #* The Crisis of Capital | + | #* [The Crisis of Capital] |
| − | # The World under Control | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter5-0.php The World under Control] |
| − | #* The Total Depravity of Man | + | #* [The Total Depravity of Man] |
| − | #* The Winners and the Losers | + | #* [The Winners and the Losers] |
| − | #* Life and Death | + | #* [Life and Death] |
| − | #* Yes and No | + | #* [Yes and No] |
| − | #* The Pressure to Break Free | + | #* [The Pressure to Break Free] |
| − | #* Molding Minds | + | #* [Molding Minds] |
| − | #* The Great Indoors | + | #* [The Great Indoors] |
| − | #* Life under Contract | + | #* [Life under Contract] |
| − | #* The War on Germs | + | #* [The War on Germs] |
| − | #* The War on Suffering | + | #* [The War on Suffering] |
| − | #* Life in a Playpen | + | #* [Life in a Playpen] |
| − | # The Crumbling of Certainty | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-0.php The Crumbling of Certainty] |
| − | #* The End of Objectivity | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-1.php The End of Objectivity] |
| − | #* Truth without Certainty | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-2.php Truth without Certainty] |
| − | #* Order without Design | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-3.php Order without Design] |
| − | #* The Nature of Purpose | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-4.php The Nature of Purpose] |
| − | #* The Purpose of Nature | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-5.php The Purpose of Nature] |
| − | #* Life without a Replicator | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-6.php Life without a Replicator] |
| − | #* The Community of Life | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-7.php The Community of Life] |
| − | #* The Genetic Plenum | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter6-8.php The Genetic Plenum] |
| − | # The Age of Reunion | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-0.php The Age of Reunion] |
| − | #* The Convergence of Crises | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-1.php The Convergence of Crises] |
| − | #* The Currency of Cooperation | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-2.php The Currency of Cooperation |
| − | #* The Restorative | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-3.php The Restorative E]conomy |
| − | #* The Age of Water | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-4.php The Age of Water] |
| − | #* Technologies of Reunion | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-5.php Technologies of Reunion] |
| − | #* Work and Art United | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-6.php Work and Art United] |
| − | #* Back to Play | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-7.php Back to Play] |
| − | #* The Medicine of Interbeingness | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-8.php The Medicine of Interbeingness] |
| − | #* The Spirit of the Gift | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-9.php The Spirit of the Gift] |
| − | #* Storyteller Consciousness | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-10.php Storyteller Consciousness] |
| − | #* In Love with the World | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-11.php In Love with the World] |
| − | # Self and Cosmos | + | # [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-0.php Self and Cosmos] |
| − | #* Human Nature Restored | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-1.php Human Nature Restored |
| − | #* The Fall | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-2.php The Fall] |
| − | #* The Perinatal Matrix | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-3.php The Perinatal Matrix] |
| − | #* The Gaian Birthing | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-4.php The Gaian Birthing] |
| − | #* Eulogy and Redemption | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-5.php Eulogy and Redemption] |
| − | #* At Play Beside The Tower | + | #* [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter8-6.php At Play Beside The Tower] |
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 04:25, 27 August 2010
The evolution of the human sense of self
A large book by Charles Eisenstein about the evolution of life as a process of separation from ones environment. Tracing modern alienation a looong way back (before protozoa!) he 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 things/life. 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.
Read by Lyn from episodes 461-486
[Introduction]
- The Triumph of Technology
- [Gee Whiz—The Future!]
- [Utopia Postponed]
- [The Addiction to Control]
- [From Separation to Boredom]
- [From Affluence to Anxiety]
- The Origins of Separation
- [The Biological Origins of Self]
- [Fire and Stone]
- [Labeling the World]
- [Mathematics and Measure]
- [Keeping Time]
- [Images of Images]
- [The Marvelous Piraha]
- [Cultivation and Culture]
- [The Machine]
- [Religion and Ritual]
- [The Playful Universe]
- The Way of the World
- [The Scientific Method]
- [My Personal Age of Reason]
- [Masters of the Universe]
- [The Quest for Certainty]
- [Reducing Reality]
- [The Ghost in the Machine]
- [The Origin of Life]
- [Alone in the Universe]
- Money and Property
- [The Realm of Me and Mine]
- [Alone in a Crowd]
- [The Anonymous Power]
- [Social Capital]
- [Cultural Capital]
- [Natural Capital]
- [Spiritual Capital]
- [Time, Money, and The Good]
- [The Economics of Other]
- [Interest and Self-Interest]
- [The Crisis of Capital]
- The World under Control
- [The Total Depravity of Man]
- [The Winners and the Losers]
- [Life and Death]
- [Yes and No]
- [The Pressure to Break Free]
- [Molding Minds]
- [The Great Indoors]
- [Life under Contract]
- [The War on Germs]
- [The War on Suffering]
- [Life in a Playpen]
- The Crumbling of Certainty
- The Age of Reunion
- The Convergence of Crises
- [http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter7-2.php The Currency of Cooperation
- The Restorative Economy
- The Age of Water
- Technologies of Reunion
- Work and Art United
- Back to Play
- The Medicine of Interbeingness
- The Spirit of the Gift
- Storyteller Consciousness
- In Love with the World
- Self and Cosmos
See Also
- http://www.ascentofhumanity.com, the full text on line, with other writings in different languages