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The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One

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<div>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 book 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 which 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 book 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 book Hanzi examines the politics and culture of the Nordic 
countries and shows how these progressive societies offer a fertile 
ground for metamodern politics. The basis of such metamodern politics is
 also described. In the second part of the book 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.

Hanzi Freinacht is a political philosopher, historian and 
sociologist, author of the books The Listening Society, Nordic Ideology 
and The 6 Hidden Patterns of World History. Much of his time is spent 
alone in the Swiss Alps.As a writer, Hanzi combines in-depth 
knowledge of several sciences and disciplines and offers maps of our 
time and the human condition with his characteristically accessible, 
poetic and humorous writing style – challenging the reader’s perspective
 of herself and the world. Hanzi Freinacht epitomizes much of the
 metamodern philosophy and can be considered a personification of this 
strand of thought. He has produced a wide array of original, relevant 
and useful ideas for people in all walks of life. These ideas help you 
gain an upper hand in the new political, economic and cultural landscape
 of digital, postindustrial society. </div>

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