Web of Meaning - Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the

A profound personal meditation on human existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?
GABOR MATÉ, M.D. , author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
The opportunity to plunge into this book will change my life. My gratitude, like spirit, is endless.
JOANNA MACY , author, World as Lover, World as Self
One of the most essential and compelling books of our time. It invites us to rethink at the deepest level who we are as a species and what we might become.
DAVID KORTEN , author, When Corporations Rule the World
I highly recommend this inspiring book, from one of today's most eloquent cultural observers, to anyone concerned about the future of humanity.
FRITJOF CAPRA , author, The Web of Life , co-author, The Systems View of Life
Moving from the ancient Tao to modern neuroscience and everything in between, Lent boldly weaves deep insights together to envision a better world.
FRANS DE WAAL , author, Mama's Last Hug
An important contribution to the urgently needed cultural shift from domination to partnership.
RIANE EISLER , author, The Chalice and the Blade
A beautiful synthesis of wisdom and empirical knowledge, this erudite journey offers an important way to construct a new narrative of our shared lives.
DANIEL J. SIEGEL, M.D. , author, IntraConnected, Aware, and Brainstorm
A good place to sit for anybody interested in binding the wounds of thoughtless progress and allowing the emergence of new patterns of being.
TYSON YUNKAPORTA , author, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

List of contents

Introduction
Part One: Who Am I?
1. The Nameless Uncarved Wood
2. The Original AI: Animate Intelligence
3. The Most Important Relationship in Your Life
Part Two: Where Am I?
4. The Patterns of the Universe
5. The Harmonic Dance of Life
Part Three: What Am I?
6. The Deep Purpose of Life
7. The Tao in My Own Nature
Part Four: How Should I Live?
8. Flourishing as an Integrated Organism
9. Cultivating Integrated Values
10. Human/Nature
Part Five: Why Am I?
11. Everything Is Connected
12. From Fixed Self to Infinite Li: The Fractal Nature of Identity
Part Six: Where Are We Going?
13. Weaving a New Story of Meaning
Glossary
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Notes
Permissions
Illustrations
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers

About the author

Jeremy Lent is an author whose writings investigate the patterns of thought that have led our civilization to its current crisis of sustainability. Born in London, England, Lent received a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and was a former internet company CEO. His award-winning book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning , explores the way humans have made meaning from the cosmos from hunter-gatherer times to the present day. He is founder of the non-profit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering an integrated, life-affirming worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on Earth. He lives with his partner in Berkeley, California.

Summary

Integrating modern science with traditional wisdom, The Web of Meaning investigates humanity's age-old questions-Who am I? Why am I? How should I live?-from a fresh perspective, laying down the foundation for a new worldview of interconnectedness that could foster sustainable flourishing on a thriving Earth.

Foreword

• Print run: 10,000
• Co-op available
• Galleys available to sales reps, trade publications, long-lead media
• Digital galleys on Edelweiss
• National Radio Campaign
• National advertising: The Progressive, Sojourners
• National print campaign: Tikkun, Resurgence & Ecologist, Sojourners, The Progressive, Yes! Magazine, Green America, AlterNet, Counterpunch, Sierra Magazine, The Guardian
• Online/social media outreach
  • A+ page on Amazon
  • Facebook Live event and giveaway with author
  • Promotion via author's social media networks, including author newsletter list, YouTube videos, and book trailer
  • Outreach to organizations and groups like the Centre for Humans & Nature, Climate Mobilization, Extinction Rebellion, Club of Rome, and the Schumacher College
  • Promotion on New Society Publishers social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, our blog, Pinterest, Instagram, in-house newsletter, and YouTube
• General tour information: Book tour in UK & US via seminars, conferences, TEDx talk & workshops. Dates TBA (Format Covid dependent)
• General eBook marketing plan:
  • eBook will be available at the same time as print publication to maximize sales
  • eBook ISBN will be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed
  • publisher and authors will be promoting both e and p through social media
• Excerpts target for first serial rights: Yes! Magazine, openDemocracy, Tikkun, Mother Jones, Orion, CounterPunch, Resurgence & Ecologist, The Guardian, Technology Today, Smithsonian, Psychology Today, Science
• Promotion through the author's websites: www.jeremylent.com and https://patternsofmeaning.com/
• Academic: Inclusion at ASEH & ASSA academic conference
• Baker and Taylor super annotation
• Get Steve Wozniak to tweet about it

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Lent
• Publisher: New society publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 10.05.2022, delayed
• EAN: 9780865719798
• ISBN: 978-0-86571-979-8
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social & cultural anthropology, Social & political philosophy, Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Cultural Critique