| From Modernity to Cosmodernity: Science, Culture, and Spirituality Contributor(s): Nicolescu, Basarab (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438449631 ISBN-13: 9781438449630 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Religion | Religion & Science - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 110 |
| LCCN: 2013006675 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Western Esoteric Traditions |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.46" W x 9.3" (1.28 lbs) 271 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The quantum, biological, and information revolutions of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries should have thoroughly changed our view of reality, yet the old viewpoint based on classical science remains dominant, reinforcing a notion of a rational, mechanistic world that allows for endless progress. In practice, this view has promoted much violence among humans. Basarab Nicolescu heralds a new era, cosmodernity, founded on a contemporary vision of the interaction between science, culture, spirituality, religion, and society. Here, reality is plastic and its people are active participants in the cosmos, and the world is simultaneously knowable and unknowable. Ultimately, every human recognizes his or her face in the face of every other human being, independent of his or her particular religious or philosophical beliefs. Nicolescu notes a new spirituality free of dogmas and looks at quantum physics, literature, theater, and art to reveal the emergence of a newer, cosmodern consciousness. |