The Biosphere and the Body Politic
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Book Description
The Biosphere and the Body Politic by TJ McLaughlin is an essay, which primarily deals with humankind's relationship with the natural world. The basic question it entertains is - If human beings are, as evolution states, exclusively a product of the natural world then how do we account for the phenomena of religion, morality, political ideologies and so forth?
Drawing on the works of Edward O. Wilson (On Human Nature, Consilience), Carl Sagan (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) and Jacques Monod (Chance and Necessity), The Biosphere and the Body Politic explores the separate, seemingly disparate territories of Science and Religion and offers an innovative perspective in which the two can compatibly exist within the same boundaries.
The book also examines human social systems, their relation to the nature of things and how, when seen as information processing systems, they can be better organized in a world that is being substantially reconfigured by computer technologies.
From the Publisher
Succinctly written and persuasively argued The Biosphere and the Body Politic is well worth reading for anyone interested in all the big questions of the day. The book presents a unique perspective on things like Science and Religion, political ideologies and the media. It also offers new ways to configure our social systems in light of all the technological, psychological and philosophical changes we have undergone in the last thirty years or so. Many recent books on such topics tend to be polemic in nature and serve to factionalize society. The Biosphere and the Body Politic, however, stands out as a work which seeks to reconcile differences. It shows how to create a world where various perspectives can co-exist and even cooperate in forming more harmonious social bodies. This makes for a lot of thought provoking material and is recommended for the more adventurous reader.
The Biosphere and the Body Politic
The Biosphere and the Body Politic,TJ McLaughlin,ThoughtWare Press,0966587901,Biosphere,Environmental Conservation & Protection,Environmental policy,Environmental protection,Nature & the Natural World,Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection,Philosophy,Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects,Social conditions,World politics
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