The Patterning Instinct (Record no. 9622)
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| fixed length control field | 02043nam a2200205 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2016036581 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781633882935 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 956957567 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | GN468.L46 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306.4 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jeremy R. Lent |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Patterning Instinct |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Prometheus Books, Publishers |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 569 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. It offers a glimpse into the minds of a vast range of different peoples: early hunter-gatherers and farmers, ancient Egyptians, traditional Chinese sages, the founders of Christianity, trail-blazers of the Scientific Revolution, and those who constructed our modern consumer society. Taking the reader on an archaeological exploration of the mind, the author, an entrepreneur and sustainability leader, uses recent findings in cognitive science and systems theory to reveal the hidden layers of values that form today's cultural norms. Uprooting the tired clich#65533;s of the science-religion debate, he shows how medieval Christian rationalism acted as an incubator for scientific thought, which in turn shaped our modern vision of the conquest of nature. The author probes our current crisis of unsustainability and argues that it is not an inevitable result of human nature, but is culturally driven: a product of particular mental patterns that could conceivably be reshaped. By shining a light on our possible futures, the book foresees a coming struggle between two contrasting views of humanity: one driving to a technological endgame of artificially enhanced humans, the other enabling a sustainable future arising from our intrinsic connectedness with each other and the natural world. This struggle, it concludes, is one in which each of us will play a role through the meaning we choose to forge from the lives we lead. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Social Science |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Anthropology |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fritjof Capra (Foreword by) |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 306.4 LENT | 66052 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |