A world in two minds : why we must change our thinking to change our future / K W Jamieson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jamieson, K. W. (Kenneth William), 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd, 2018.

Summary:

Society is in a state of chaos; yet almost all life stresses are human-made. Our species is literally making itself sick. In A World in Two Minds, Kenny Jamieson considers the two complex adaptive systems behind the chaos - the individual mind and the global mind - and how the latter emerges, in the form of culture, from the former. We have a global cognitive imbalance due to the dominance of the mechanistic worldview of scientific materialism, which is strongly rooted in the left mind and Western culture. Over centuries, this bias has gradually dissociated us from the right mind, lowering consciousness, denaturing the human condition and negatively impacting our health. Today, life offers the human race both opportunity and danger. Our global mind could evolve to a higher cognitive plane where harmony, health and happiness prevail, but it could just as easily disintegrate, leading to catastrophic conflict. Our future is unknown but whatever we bring forth will be the output of the global mind we collectively create. Critically, everyone has a role to play. Any one of us could be the final catalyst which tips our whole human system into a new era.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Half Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Part One: Seeing - The Shifting Sands of the Human System

1 - Our Self-Inflicted Sickness

2 - A War of Worldviews

3 - The Process of Life

Part Two: Thinking - The Modus Operandi of an Ancient Brain

4 - The Power of Opposites

5 - Leaping to Conclusions

6 - Confabulating Coherence

7 - Blending for Balance

8 - Changing Structures

Part Three: Learning - Origins and Oscillations of a Global Mind

9 - Source of the Western Psyche

10 - Emergence of the Left Mind

11 - Rise and Fall of Modernism

Part Four: Growing - Pitfalls and Possibilities at the Edge of Chaos

12 - Cultivating Coherence

13 - Elevating Consciousness

14 - Counterbalancing Capitalism

15 - Fast-Tracking Our Future

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780856834455

0856834459