The Geography of Nowhere: Finding One's Self in the Postmodern WorldThe dilemma of post-modern life is thought about with insights from literature, philosophy, anthropology and physics. Helpful, spiritual guidance to navigate a complex world. |
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Contents
The Geography of Nowhere | 1 |
The Modern World | 6 |
Civilization and Its Discontents | 10 |
The Postmodern Dilemma | 17 |
The Topography of the City of God | 23 |
The Modern City of Man | 29 |
What the Center Does | 33 |
The Geography of Somewhere | 38 |
The Songlines | 82 |
Finding Ones Self in the Postmodern World | 100 |
Church Going | 102 |
Finding Ones Self | 107 |
The Neurophysiology of the Sacred | 111 |
Just make noise | 121 |
Terra Incognita | 125 |
The Paradox of the Postmodern World | 132 |
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