Self and Society

    Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness

    William Irwin Thompson

    March 2004, 96 pages
    ISBN 0 907845 827 (paperback), £8.95/$17.90

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  • Chapter 1: The Evolution of the Afterlife
  • Chapter 2: Speculations on the City and the Evolution of Consciousness
  • Chapter 3: Literary and Archetypal Mathematical Mentalities in the Evolution of Culture
  • Chapter 4: The Borg Or Borges? Reflections on 'machine consciousness'
  • Chapter 5: We Become What We Hate. Reflections on 9/11 for planetary culture and the global war against terrorism
  • Afterword: Reflections on the Invasion of Iraq

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    William Irwin Thompson is a poet and cultural historian and the author of sixteen books, most recently, Coming into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness. He took his doctorate at Cornell University in 1966, and has taught at Cornell, MIT, and York University in Toronto. From 1972 to 1997 he served as Founder and Director of the Lindisfarne Association (Lndsfrn@aol.com). Recently he has designed an evolution of consciousness curriculum for the Ross School in East Hampton, New York, and serves as a consultant to the school’s administration and faculty.

       
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