Lazarus in the Multiple
Awakening to the Era of Complexity
Published on 29. January 2016
144 pages
978-1-78535-109-9 (ISBN)
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Lazarus in the Multiple presents a new philosophy on how to navigate the complex challenges that society faces in the 21st Century. It deploys the biblical "Lazarus" as the everyman of modernity, who is caught between past and present, life and death, and sleep and awakening amidst the humdrum and complexity of the "multiple". The multiple is the great sea of noise that lies both within and without Lazarus, from which social reality is born. In this casting, Lazarus is unable to distinguish the signal from the noise and hence remains trapped within enduring ritual and an unfulfilled existence. He is unable to find expression and take actions to bring about meaningful change within himself or in the world around him.
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Camaren Peter is a pure scientist by training, having originally studied physics and astrophysics. He later completed a PhD at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town. He now works across a range of disciplinary boundaries on problem sets ranging from sustainable development, to urbanization, to design and photography.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- On the Purpose of this Book: Meditations, Reflections and Imperfection
- Preface to Part I: A Homage to the Muddlers
- Part I: Meditations on Time, Memory and Existence
- Chapter 1: Multiplicity: Many Voices: Past & Present
- Chapter 2: On Forgiveness and the Future
- Chapter 3: The Wakeful Dead
- Chapter 4: Resurrecting Lazarus: Leaders, Philosophers & Strategists
- Chapter 5: Lazarus and the Traveller
- Chapter 6: Obstacles to a Third Way: Ideology before Analysis!
- Chapter 7: Left Meets Right
- Chapter 8: Necropalyptic Politics: The Politics of the Dead
- Chapter 9: The Multiple in Action: The Occupy Protests- Being Leaderless Helps Reshape the Territory
- Chapter 10: Freedom
- Chapter 11: Evil and the Multiple
- Part II: The Multiple and the Future
- Chapter 12: The Multiple as Filter
- Chapter 13: Intervention & Disruption: Tools for Change
- Chapter 14: On the 'Ethical Idea'
- Chapter 15: What Kind of Theory?
- Chapter 16: Emergence and a Changing World
- Chapter 17: Polycrisis and Undecidability
- Chapter 18: Heterarchy and the Virtual Realm
- Chapter 19: Transdisciplinarity and the Future
- Chapter 20: Final Note
- Afterword: Reflections on Descartes' Meditations
- Endnotes
- References
