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The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics Book One
- Metamodern Guides, Book 1
- Narrated by: Richard Pshock
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
As we move from the industrial age and its nation state to an internet age with a globalized postindustrial market, a question presents itself: What is the next major developmental stage of society after the liberal democracy with a balance between capitalism and welfare state?
In this audiobook Hanzi Freinacht offers a compelling answer to this question. We are reaching the limits of modern society, and we must work to achieve a metamodern society, that is, a society that goes beyond modern life and its institutions. The metamodern society of the future is a listening society; a society more sensitive to the inner dimensions of human beings.
Drawing upon an elaborate weaving of psychology, sociology, political science, and philosophy, this audiobook lands in a positive vision for the future. It shows how a clear description of human psychological growth - how we grow as human beings - can also offer us key insights into how global society can and should evolve in the internet age. A politics that can help humans grow to the later stages of psychological development is also one that can be capable of meeting the staggering challenges of our time.
In the first part of the audiobook Hanzi examines the politics and culture of the Nordic countries and shows how these progressive societies offer a fertile ground for metamodern politics. In the second part of the audiobook he turns to developmental psychology, describing how humans evolve through a series of stages - and how this matters immensely for the happiness and survival of us all.
As this story unfolds - in a uniquely provocative genre breaking manner - you will also glean insight into your own developmental stage and those of people around you.
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Author: Hanzi Freinacht.
Narrator: Richard Pshock.
Executive Producer: Aurora Quinn-Elmore.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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"One of the best Politics ebooks of all time" (BookAuthority.org)
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- Richard
- 01-08-22
Good, but doesn't provide many solutions.
This book has interesting parts, but I struggle to understand how this book changes the world. It does some good work going through definitions of stages within history, it points out the strengths and flaws of capitalism while pointing out the problems with modernism and post-modernism. However, his idea that meta-modernism is where we listen to all sides and take what is good from them, sounds something like the status quo of what many rich world countries act by already today. I've listened to a 16-hour-long book and I struggle to know what I've just listened to. Maybe I'm not that smart but I have a BA in history and politics and a master's in education, so if I'm a bit confused, how many people will really understand what he is talking about? I would recommend reading Yuval Noah Harari or Bruce Pascoe if you are looking for a more constructive approach to dealing with future political problems without being reactionary. I'm also open to hearing why people disagree with me and what I may have missed.
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- chris kirkland
- 12-06-23
Some interesting ideas, but really badly written
There’s some interesting ideas, but the author betrays them by writing this book so utterly badly.
Would be so much better if there had been a proper editor to step in a cut all the extensive waffle, and re-write all the pompous & condescending “dear reader” cringe. Or better just pipe it through chatGPT and ask for a summary, then release that.
Skip all the introductory chapters, they are at best pointless and at worst will put you off reading beyond and getting to the actual interesting content.
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