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Jeremy Lent on How To Find Meaningful Altenatives To Neoliberal Philosophy

Jeremy Lent on How To Find Meaningful Altenatives To Neoliberal Philosophy

FromCurrent Affairs


Jeremy Lent on How To Find Meaningful Altenatives To Neoliberal Philosophy

FromCurrent Affairs

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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Author Jeremy Lent discusses his new book "The Web Of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place In The Universe." Jeremy's book shows how the individualistic philosophical underpinnings of capitalism destroy our ability to find meaning and our appreciation of the wonders of nature. He shows us the environmental horrors that are unleashed by free market thinking, but then begins to construct an alternative worldview that can help us live harmoniously and sustainably in the universe. He integrates both the insights of the hard sciences and wisdom from traditional religious and cultural practices around the world, showing how even slime molds have something to teach us.

The Web Of Meaning can be purchased from New Society Press: https://newsociety.com/books/w/the-web-of-meaning

Jeremy's demolition of Steven Pinker can be read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/steven-pinker-s-ideas-are-fatally-flawed-these-eight-graphs-show-why/ and the article in which Nathan J. Robinson cites Jeremy is here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/05/the-worlds-most-annoying-man

https://www.jeremylent.com/
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
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Podcast episode

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