Paperback. Love is fundamental to the flourishing of society and nature. However, the competition of the market economy has resulted in a fractured and traumatised modern world.Revisiting philosophical developments and countercultures since the Enlightenment, this book offers a 'loving critique'. It shows how learning to love better is the key to releasing ourselves from the alienating grip of the market.The utopian template presented draws on archaeology, the witch trials, hippies, Hinduism, Buddhism, quantum mechanics, and psychedelics to describe how we can build a more loving society that can survive and flourish through the ecological, ethical, economic, and existential crises that we all now face. Revisiting philosophical developments, historical figures and events, including Adam Smith, colonialism and modernity, this interdisciplinary book presents a 'loving critique' of society. It shows how learning to love better is key to releasing ourselves from the alienating grip of the market. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Love and the Market (Paperback)
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication Date: 2024
Language: English
ISBN 10: 152924367X
ISBN 13: 9781529243673
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Revisiting philosophical developments, historical figures and events, including Adam Smith, colonialism and modernity, this interdisciplinary book presents a ‘loving critique’ of society. It shows how learning to love better is key to releasing ourselves from the alienating grip of the market.

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Rob Faure Walker is a Research England Fellow at University College of London. He helps others heal from the alienation of modernity via integratedmindscapes.co.uk.

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