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The Pattern in Jade: The Vision of Possibility and the Challenge of a Sustainable Future
- Source :
- World Futures. 74:104-115
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Physicist David Bohm and biochemist Ilya Prigogine began a dialogue that implied a deep, structuring, primordial harmony within life. In classical Chinese this harmony is referred to as Li (理), which also designates the elegant, natural pattern found in jade. This article emphasizes the ways that perception of primordial harmony gives way to a vision of possibility and to the creative intelligence and action necessary for meeting the challenges we face. Insights from Bohm, Prigogine, and others on releasing outmoded thinking and actions are integrated with contemplative traditions, Eastern and Western philosophy, and pragmatic strategy making.
- Subjects :
- Harmony (color)
Contemplation
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05 social sciences
Ilya
Taoism
Creativity
Implicate and explicate order
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030227 psychiatry
Epistemology
03 medical and health sciences
Philosophy
0302 clinical medicine
0502 economics and business
Classical Chinese
language
Sociology
Western philosophy
050203 business & management
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15561844 and 02604027
- Volume :
- 74
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Futures
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........22a87874c7c64ed9f952bec4140152e3