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Here, Lene Rachel Andersen joins us to talk about her piece Polymodern Economics. Following the publication of the first issue of Metamodern Theory & Praxis, a new, anti-disciplinary journal dedicated to movements in metamodern thought, we will be inviting the various contributors for some discussion about their work.You can read this and the other works in issue 1 here: https://sts.williams.edu/metamodern/v1i1/ To hear more, visit brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, many American citizens are willing to tear everything down. Where did these destructive inclinations come from? Might they partly reflect the way that voters learned history back in school? How well are we teaching history through the eyes of people living then so we can learn from their experiences? To what extent are we introducing students to their culture's proud traditions so they feel inspired to defend them rather than throw everything away?In this episode of How My View Grew, we explore these questions by hearing from someone from outside the United States. Lene Rachel Andersen is a Danish author, futurist, and economist. As a student, she knew history was important. However, when challenged by a classmate, she couldn't explain why. Lene sensed the disjointed nature of the history curriculum but couldn't pinpoint what was missing. Years later, as the result of a TV series she created that went awry, she discovered answers to both questions. Then postmodernism entered the scene, and Lene wondered: should we be teaching deconstruction to third graders—or can this wait until later?Lene's story reveals deep lessons for avoiding authoritarianism and meeting other challenges of our time.**Key takeaways**8:00 A classmate's question about history stump Lene12:00 Put yourself in the shoes of people in history14:00 To avoid authoritarianism and stupid wars, understand history and humans18:00 Pitfalls of the postmodern approach to history24:00 An exciting pilot project in a Danish public school27:00 Third grade teachers shouldn't be teaching deconstruction32:00 Amiel's reflections**Resources**Lene's web site"The Surprising Lesson of History"—from season one of this podcast**Subscribe to the podcast**To hear the origin stories of more big ideas, subscribe to How My View Grew on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.**Share the love**Leave me a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
This week on the podcast we spoke with Drs. Rutger Engels and Ginie Servant-Miklos, who recently staged the "Bildung Climate School," a part-type summer pilot program in Rotterdam, the Netherlands that draws inspiration from the model of the Danish folk high school as described by Lene Rachel Andersen in The Nordic Secret as well as from the microcolleges in the United States. Carefully structured from a research perspective to test pedagogical strategies and program impacts for future prototypes and initiatives, the Bildung Climate School brought together students from differing tracks of the Netherlands' highly stratified post-secondary education system for 2 hours per day for 9 weeks during the summer of 2024. The program they experienced put into practice elements of what Ginie calls "the pedagogies of collapse," combining a frank examination of the sobering ecological and economic challenges facing humanity with embodied artistic and social practices and techniques for working through anxiety, building community, and even having fun.Ginie Servant-Miklos is an engaged environmental educator with fifteen years of experience in education practice, research, and advocacy. She currently holds an Assistant Professorship in behavioural sciences at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her research and education work focuses on developing innovative pedagogies for societal impact. She developed the Experimental Pedagogics educational design framework, co-founded the Bildung Climate School with Prof. Rutger Engels, and is the author of Pedagogies of Collapse: A Hopeful Education for the End of the World as We Know It. She is a Senior Fellow of the Comenius Network for educational innovators in the Netherlands. She is the founder and chair of the board of the FairFight Foundation, an organisation that provides girls and women from Zambia, Zimbabwe, and India with the mental and physical benefits of martial arts practice, as well as educational support. Ginie is a vocal activist for sustainability and gender equality, advocating for change through public engagements like TEDx talks, debates, podcasts, and other digital media outlets. Ginie obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Kent, an LLM in International Law from Kent Law School, an MA in International Relations from Sciences Po Lille, a PhD in Education Philosophy and Psychology from Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a post-doctoral research grant in Sustainability Education from Aalborg University. She was also a visiting professor in Experimental Pedagogics at Tyumen University.Rutger Engels, PhD, is an award-winning full professor in Developmental Psychopathology, at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), and a board member of the venture philanthropy ‘De Verre Bergen'. Dr Engels received his MA in Psychology at the University of Groningen, his Ph.D. at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Maastricht, followed by a post-doc at Utrecht University. In 2001, he was appointed as a professor in Nijmegen. From 2014-2018, he was CEO of the Trimbos Institute, the National Institute for Mental Health and Addictions, and a distinguished professor in Developmental Psychopathology at Utrecht University. From 2018-2021, he was Rector Magnificus of EUR, one of the top public research universities of Europe. Currently, he is cofounding a specialized mental health clinic on psychedelic-assisted treatments. His fundamental and applied research focuses on mental health and substance use in adolescents and adults. In the last decades, he has coordinated programs aiming to design, test, and ship (technology-enabled) interventions for mental health, addictions, resiliency, and personal growth.
We need to ask ourselves some really tough questions about what our education systems are really doing to support young people to live in a climate changed world of at least 2 degrees of warming. What are the hands-on skills that they will need, but also how are we supporting them to regulate difficult emotions, and build community as we relocalise. This week, Ginie Servant-Miklos is returning to the podcast, this time with her colleague Rutger Engels, to talk about what they are learning through their work implementing critically important ideas in their Bildung Climate School pilots with young people across Rotterdam. You can find out more about the Bildung Climate School here: https://www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2024/05/29/students-of-all-levels-learn-how-to-deal-with-climate-change-challenges-through-dance-and-philosophy/ https://www.instagram.com/bildung_climate_school/ You can also see an overview of the programme here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vS97am09X7bwtKLZfXZrfq-6LuS59W5E/view?usp=sharing For further details on Bildung, go to Lene Rachel Andersen's Nordic Bildung: https://www.nordicbildung.org/ And check out previous episodes with Ginie and Lene on the podcast channel. Ginie Servant-Miklos is Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Previously she was a Senior Lecturer in the Humanities Department of Erasmus University College and held a visiting professorship in experimental pedagogics at Tyumen University, Russia. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Aalborg University's Centre for Problem-based Learning in Engineering Education and Sustainability under the auspices of UNESCO. Her research focuses on the intersection between pedagogy, identity and sustainability issues. Her forthcoming book, 'Pedagogies of Collapse: A Hopeful Education for The End of The World as We Know It' is released on November 28th 2024: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pedagogies-of-collapse-9781350400498/. She is also the founder and Chair of the Board of the FairFight Foundation, a charity that aims to empower girls and women from underprivileged backgrounds through martial arts. Rutger Engels is professor in Developmental Psychopathology, at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He received his MA in Psychology at the University of Groningen, his PhD at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Maastricht and did a post-doc at Utrecht University. In 2001, at the age of 32, he was appointed as a full professor in Nijmegen. From 2014-2018, he was CEO of the Trimbos Institute, the national institute for mental health and addictions, and distinguished professor in Developmental Psychopathology at Utrecht University in the period 2016-2018. From 2018-2021 he was rector magnificus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. His fundamental and applied research focuses on early stages of substance use, depression and anxiety in children, adolescents and young adults. In 2011, he received the Huibregtsen Prize, the annual national award, by NWO and Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW) for outstanding research with evident societal impact. In 2012, he won the Radboud Science Award for top research of the university. He is passionate about taking science to the frontline where it matters most, and developing state-of-the-art prevention programs that will have a far-reaching, international impact on policy and practice. Contacts LinkedIn: @rutgerengels - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rutgerengels @ginie-servant-miklos - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginie-servant-miklos/ Email: rutger.engels@essb.eur.nl; servant@essb.eur.nl
Vandaag het gesprek met Petra Kuipers. Petra is als organisatieadviseur, spreker en trainer gespecialiseerd in natuurlijk leiderschap en verandering. Zij is auteur van onder meer Navigeren in de mist over leiderschap bij niet-weten en Empathisch leiderschap is niet voor watjes, dat november 2024 verschijnt. Daarnaast is Petra host van de Nieuwe Leiders Podcast. Laten we beginnen… Wat ik zoal leerde van Petra: 00:00 intro 04:50 Als jurist begonnen vanuit een rechtvaardigheidsgevoel. 07:30 Niemand wordt ambtenaar met het beeld, dat is lekker makkelijk werk. Het zijn hard werkende en idealistische mensen. 08:40 Mijn idealisme was groter, dan wat ik daar de ruimte voor had. 12:20 Als je leiderschap goed weet in te richten in een organisatie, dan creëer je een gezond ecosysteem. 13:40 In deze fase van mijn leven vind ik het belangrijk dat het bereik groter wordt. 18:30 Regeneratief leiderschap: zo min mogelijk ingrijpen en waar nodig waarde toevoegen. 19:20 We zitten in een tussenfase. 22:20 Een van de rollen van de leider in een transitietijd is mensen leren omgaan met de kracht van onzekerheid. 29:45 Het was tijd om te doorleven wat ze allemaal onderzocht had over het niet weten. Daar ontstond het boek uit. 34:10 Het systeem veranderen kan alleen van binnenuit, door wie wij zijn. 37:45 De reis van het hoofd naar het hart. 38:50 Hoe brengen we de menselijkheid terug? 39:25 Waarachtige conversaties. Meer over Petra Kuipers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petrakuipers/ https://www.deimplementatiedokter.nl/ https://hetleiderschapslab.nl/ De Nieuwe Leiders podcast Boeken: Navigeren in de mist Empathisch leiderschap is niet voor watjes - verschijnt november 2024 (over moed, daadkracht en integriteit) Andere bronnen: How everything and everyone is related through understanding – Elif Kuş Saillard Inner Development Goals Realise Potential Goals met Agenda 2029 – Katie Janssen Saving Us - Katherine Hayhoe The Nordic Secret #boekencast afl 89 - Lene Rachel Andersen en Tomas Björkman Iemand Zijn - Joep Dohmen Video van het gesprek met Petra Kuipers https://youtu.be/YFVAweN8kHw Kijk hier https://youtu.be/YFVAweN8kHw
Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen about the ideas in her book Polymodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World. They discuss the meaning of polymodernism, working with four cultural codes, polymodernism vs metamodernism, the flaw in combining stage theories with cultural history, the problem with postmodernism's deconstruction of guidance & boundaries, 3 factors leading to modernity, the beginnings of alienation, postmodernism as a critique of modernism, the danger of reifying theories, why a post-modern society would fall apart, learning from indigenous prehistoric cultures, the influence of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Lene's relationship to Christianity and conversion to Judaism, being a practicing doubting Jew, long-term consequences of having good narratives that people believe in, Jewish law vs Hammurabi's Code, reading the Pentateuch, using post-modern tech to implement a pre-modern order, Emily Wilson's translation of The Iliad, mining the social learnings of the past with discernment, why religious people have often led the resistance to authoritarian regimes, encouraging true courage, the bildung rose, the problem with hypermodernism, the eternal misery of hypermodernist success, learning as one of the essences of being human, and much more. Episode Transcript Polymodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World, by Lene Rachel Andersen "Polymodern Economics," by Lene Rachel Andersen The Nordic Secret: A European Story of Beauty and Freedom, by Lene Rachel Andersen JRS EP165 - Lene Rachel Andersen Part 1: Libertism JRS EP89 - Lene Rachel Andersen on Metamodernity God: A Biography, by Jack Miles "In Search of the 5th Attractor," by Jim Rutt Lene Rachel Andersen is an economist, author, futurist, philosopher and Bildung activist. She heads the think tank Nordic Bildung in Copenhagen and is a member of the Club of Rome. After studying business economy for three years, she worked as a substitute teacher before studying theology. During her studies, she wrote entertainment for Danish television until she decided to quit theology, become a full-time writer, and focus on technological development, big history, and the future of humanity. Since 2005, she has written 20 books and received two Danish democracy awards: Ebbe Kløvedal-Reich Democracy Baton (2007) and Døssing Prisen, the Danish librarians' democracy prize (2012). Among her books are The Nordic Secret (2017, new edition 2024), Bildung: Keep Growing (2020), What is Bildung? (2021), Libertism (2022), and Polymodernity (2023, previously Metamodernity (2019)).
For the 50th Episode of the Microcollege Podcast, we checked back in with one of our favorite guests from the first few months of the show. Lene Rachel Andersen is one of the stimulating and ambitious thinkers we have met during this remarkable journey. A native of Denmark, Lene is an economist, futurist, Bildung activist, and author of many books in Danish and English. The occasion for this conversation is the upcoming release of a significantly revised new edition of Lene's landmark book The Nordic Secret: A European Story of Beauty and Freedom. Originally published in 2017 with the collaboration of Swedish author Tomas Björkman, the new edition of The Nordic Secret will be available in late January 2024. Lene will be traveling to the West and East Coasts of the US in January and February as well, with plans for a visit to the Midwest (including Thoreau College) in late summer or early fall in the works as well.The Nordic Secret is an important text for anyone seeking hopeful inspiration and practical advice about what could be done with regards to the collapse of civic engagement, social cohesion, and personal sense of meaning in our time in the United States and elsewhere. The book tells the remarkable story of how Denmark and the other Nordic countries made the transition from being among the poorest, most socially stratified, and authoritarian countries in Europe in the early 19th century to being the most wealthy, egalitarian, and democratic counties in the early 20th century. The "secret" in Lene's title turns out to be a revolutionary new model of education for young adults - the Danish folk high schools - grounded in a deeply humanistic conception of the human being and of human development. Lene labels this conception "Bildung," a term with deep roots in the thought and practice of key early modern German thinkers including Herder, Goethe, and Schiller, who in turn inspired the creators of the folk high school movement in Denmark (and also the Transcendentalists in America, including Emerson and Thoreau).Testing the hypothesis that what worked in Scandinavia may work elsewhere, Lene has spent the last several years working to instigate and support a global Bildung movement. In addition to her writing and speaking, Lene is the co-founder of the Global Bildung Network, a worldwide network of educators, thinkers, and activists collaborating online and in person to share ideas and promote the idea of Bildung in ways appropriate to diverse cultures and contexts. The Global Bildung Network organizes twice-yearly virtual "Global Bildung Days" on the March and September equinoxes, as well as regional gatherings in Europe and now in North America. So if this conversation is inspiring to you, check out the Global Bildung Network and find out how to get involved.Nordic Bildung: www.nordicbildung.orgGlobal Bildung Network: www.globalbildung.netThe Nordic Secret: www.nordicsecret.org/
Dit keer bespreken we het boek The Nordic Secret van Lene Rachel Andersen en Tomas Björkman. Met de subtitel: 'A European story of beauty and freedom.' We kregen het boek toegestuurd door de auteurs. Lene is Deens, vooral auteur, futuroloog, en filosoof. Ze is mede-oprichter van de think-tank Nordic Bildung en de folk-Bildung association Fremvirke.Thomas is Zweeds, ondernemer, vooral in de financiële dienstverlening, en starte een bank in Zwitserland. Nu werkt hij als sociale ondernemer met zijn Ekskaret Foundation en meer. Hij is ook mede-initiatiefnemer van de Inner Development Goals en lid van de club van Rome. Het is een indrukwekkend boek met 464 pagina's. Voor mijn gevoel hebben ze het boek te ingewikkeld gemaakt, te intellectueel, te veel op het cognitieve gericht. Dit in tegenstelling tot de Inner Development Goals (IDGs) die Thomas gestart is. De IDGs zijn een initiatief dat marketing technisch goed in elkaar zit en eenvoudig door te vertellen is. Het boek is interessant om te lezen als je meer wilt begrijpen over waarom de IDGs als Folk Bildung zo belangrijk zijn naar de toekomst. Waarbij de auteurs laten zien dat folk bildung ervoor gezorgd heeft dat de Scandinavische landen uit de armoede zijn gekomen en gelukkige mensen heeft opgeleverd. Met de waarschuwing, dat wanneer we niet oppassen dit dreigt verloren te gaan met de neoliberale keuzes die de afgelopen decennia zijn gemaakt. Het boek is opgedeeld in vijf delen: I - Setting the scene II Personal freedom and responsibility - bildung philosophy III The Scandinavian Spring - implementing Bildung IV Exploring what we have found V Looking forward I Setting the scene In het eerste hoofdstuk zien we, op basis van verschillende langlopende onderzoeken, hoe goed de scandinavische landen het doen op economisch en sociaal gebied. In hoofdstuk 2 leggen ze uit waarom er 10 cirkels van belonging zijn, waarbij de 10e cikel interessant is, die gaat verder dan je eigen leven en de mensheid, deze gaat ove de planeet en toekomstige generaties. Dit past goed wanneer we op zoek gaan naar een betere toekomst. Deze cirkel is meer lange termijn gericht, denken in generaties. II Personal freedom and responsibility - bildung philosophy Hoofdstuk 3 t/m5 is een geschiedenisles over het ontstaan van scholing en ontwikkeling van de mens van de afgelopen 350 jaar in Europa. Het ging met name over de ontwikkeling van de vierde en vijfde laag - self-authoring en self-transforming. Hoofdstuk 6 is kort en gaat over bildung en de ontwikkeling van de ego. III The Scandinavian Spring - implementing Bildung Dit deel is nog steeds een uitgebreide geschiedenisles. Hier gaat het over hoe bildung zich ontwikkelde van Duitsland naar de scandinavische landen, met Denemarken voorop. Hier zie je ook de overgang van bildung, die in Duitsland meer voor de elite was, naar folk bildung waarin juist het gewone volk werd meegenomen in de ontwikkeling. IV Exploring what we have found In hoofdstuk zoeken ze naar de verschillen met andere regios en landen. Waar ontstaan de verschillen, waarin Finland en Zwitserland opvallen. Zeker omdat Finland zich extreem snel heeft ontwikkeld. Interessant is ook het verschil met Duitsland, het land waar de bildung is ontstaan. Waarom is het daar zo anders gelopen? Verder onderzoeken ze hier ook de connectie van de ontwikkeling met cooperaties. In hoofdstuk 13 bekijken ze de hypotheses die ze aan het begin van het boek hebben gesteld en vergelijken ze dat met alle inzichten uit de hoofdstukken tot nu toe. Onder andere dat folk bildung een belangrijke rol speekt in cirkel 5 t/m 7 - Community, Nation en culture. Op pag 343 een interessante afbeelding over de transities van de verschillende lagen in de ontwikkeling van de mens. Hoofdstuk 14 is een onderzoek wat er op dit moment dreigt mis te gaan in Scandinavië. In de statistieken komt het nog niet naar voren, maar is een verandering merkbaar volgens Thomas en Le...
Jill Nephew, technologist and founder of Inqwire, joins the podcast for a thorough discussion on different forms of intelligence, questions of meta-crisis in the modern world, and solutions.Inqwire: https://www.inqwire.io/Some books mentioned in this episode:The Art of Memory by Frances YatesThe Book of Why by Judea PearlWestern Estoericism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Wouter J. HanegraafWhat is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by Adam BeckerSomnium by Johannes KeplerThe Nordic Secret: A European Story of Beauty and Freedom by Lene Rachel Andersen and Tomas BjorkmanLearn more about Thoreau College and the microcollege movement: https://www.thoreaucollege.orgDriftless Folk School: https://www.driftlessfolkschool.org
According to the recently released World Happiness Report, all four Nordic nations are in the top 10, with Finland and Denmark leading the way. What is the secret to their success? In 2020, David Brooks asked the same question: Progressives say it's because they have generous welfare states. Some libertarians point out that these countries … Continue reading "Episode #34: The Bildung Option: Lene Rachel Andersen on the Nordic Secret"
Brilliant Lene Rachel Andersen came on the podcast and we spoke about Bildung. Lene is the author of The Nordic Secret and several other books and is deeply engaged in the topic of creating a future worth living in for all of us. This particular conversation circle around the topic of bildung, its necessary and sufficient conditions, what it actually was, what the history of it was and how it relates to the concept of 'adult development' as defined by the developmental psychologists and their stage theories. An excellent review of the topic as well as a some conducive directions for those of us thinking about where we can go next as a society. If you want to connect: Nordic Bildung, LinkedIn, Global buildung network. Enjoy! Host: Amit Paul
The Global Bildung Network is a network run by volunteers and convened by Lene Rachel Andersen. It is a project under Nordic Bildung. Nordic Bildung is an association based in Copenhagen, Denmark and can be found at www.nordicbildung.org. If you would like to know more, you can contact them at info@nordicbildung.org Global Bildung Day, on the March Equinox of 2023, is a worldwide gathering of bildung advocates, experts, teachers, and students; all united to support the quality of life, human and nonhuman, through universal education for daily life for all ages. Join us on March 21st as we explore Bildung, Globalization, Nation, and Peoplehood in the 21st Century: https://www.globalbildung.net/gbd2023-march-21/ European Bildung Day Conference 2023 - European Identity: Who are we? Who could we become? Join the drafting of a European Bildung Manifesto May 8-9 2023 in Vilnius: https://www.globalbildung.net/ebd2023/
On this episode, author and social entrepreneur Tomas Björkman joins Nate to discuss his recent projects promoting inner development based on his books The Nordic Secret and The World We Create. Tomas unpacks the philosophical framework of ‘metamodernism' and ultimately why having more mindful, engaged, global citizens is so critical to our coming challenges. How can we as individuals contribute to a more positive transition by becoming more thoughtful and resilient? About Tomas Björkman: After many years in business as an entrepreneur and investment banker, Tomas Björkman is now a social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, the Co-creation Loft, the media platform Emerge in Berlin, the 29k.org personal development platform, and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016), The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). He divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin. For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/48-tomas-bjorkman
Lene Rachel Andersen expresses the importance of Bildung philosophy, describing its origins in 18th-century Denmark and impact on Scandinavian societies through to the present day.Lene Rachel Andersen is a Danish author, economist, futurist, and philosopher, President of Nordic Bildung, and co-founder of Global Bildung Network.https://www.nordicsecret.org/Nordic Metamodern PodcastGlobal Bildung NetworkNordic Bildung
Pete Cohen introduces FORWARD Senior Industry Fellow Lene Rachel Andersen, author of several books on the topic of bildung and co-founder and president of the future lab Nordic Bildung. In this conversation Lene introduces the concept of bildung, which we are waving into several of our workstreams at FORWARD, and gives a rich overview of its history and applications in a skills context. “Bildung is moral and emotional maturity. Bildung is also to have the education and knowledge necessary to thrive in your society; bildung is to be deeply embedded in culture and community while having the autonomy to carve your own path in life. Bildung is always personal and unique. Bildung is a German word that has no word in English. Beginning in the 1770s, German philosophers explored bildung as a secular form of inner development and it became popular among the bourgeoisie.” -from 'Bildung: Keep Growing'. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenerachelandersen/ https://www.globalbildung.net Transcript of this conversation https://otter.ai/u/iB3gGxS7FE-rtIfZ-n0mpcDGFb8 Production by Michael Donaldson https://8sided.blog/8sided-about/
Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen in the second of a two-part series about her new book Libertism: Grasping the 21st Century, picking up where they left off in the book's 18 sub-patterns of being. They discuss selfish genes & memes, Rene Girard's mimetics, the responsibility of replication in the era of electronic media, TikTok's threat … Continue reading EP 166 Lene Rachel Andersen Part 2: Libertism → The post EP 166 Lene Rachel Andersen Part 2: Libertism appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.
Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen in the first of a two-part series about her new book Libertism: Grasping the 21st Century. They discuss rediscovering the word libertism, hypermodernity vs. metamodernity, combining experience from different epochs in fruitful ways, distinguishing metamodernity from metamodernism, why culture is ours and we can change it, gardening rather than designing, random … Continue reading EP 165 Lene Rachel Andersen Part 1: Libertism → The post EP 165 Lene Rachel Andersen Part 1: Libertism appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.
Lene Rachel Andersen is an economist, author, futurist, and Bildung activist. After studying business economy, and theology, she wrote entertainment for Danish television before becoming a full-time writer, focusing on technological development, big history, and the future of humanity. Since 2005, Lene has written 20 books and received two Danish democracy awards: Ebbe Kløvedal-Reich Democracy Baton (2007) and Døssing Prisen, the Danish librarians' democracy prize (2012). Among her books are The Nordic Secret (2017), Metamodernity (2019), Bildung (2020) and Libertism (2022) and a publicly available paper on Bildung commissioned by the Erasmus+ Programme for the European Union. She is a full member of the Club of Rome, president of the Copenhagen based bildung lab Nordic Bildung, and initiator of Global Bildung Network, Global Bildung Day, and European Bildung Day. This season's Global Bildung Day is approaching on 21st September and you can sign up and find out more here: https://www.globalbildung.net/gbd2022-september/
So what is metamodernity you may ask, and what does it have to do with systems thinking and cybernetics? Well, I recently had a chance to find out for myself during my conversation with Lene Rachel Andersen about her book Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World (Nordic Bildung, 2019). The short answer is metamodernity is a systems perspective; "it is about seeing the world as a process and not as fixed circumstances, a world in which there are not isolated phenomena but where everything is interconnected and interdependent..." (p. 94). The book's premise is that as our old understandings and the answers we get from them are insufficient, the ways we are used to reacting and behaving do not work well anymore either. Our cultural compass cannot contain and judge the world properly because the challenges we are facing were not a part of our world when we came of age and learned what the world was like. More than a cultural trend (or 'ism'), metamodernity is a meaning-making code—one that encompasses cultural codes from every epoch of the human experience. Andersen argues that "we need metamodern minds that can relate to the intimate indigenous, the existential premodern, the democratic & scientific modern, and the deconstructing postmodern simultaneously" (p. 128). It is only through this synthesis and adoption of the metamodern code, she stresses, that we'll have the capacity to make good decisions to guide the necessary changes to our current systems and institutions. The 'hyper-modern' alternative is not a good one; think: much an exaggerated version of what will turn out to be mere glimpses of what we're seeing right now—such as rise in authoritarianism, surveillance society, extreme inequality, and of course, climate change. Metamodernity provides us with a framework for understanding ourselves and our societies in a more complex way. Metamodernity is a way of strengthening local, national, continental, and global cultural heritage among all. It thus has the potential to dismantle the fear of losing one's culture as the global economy as well as the internet and exponential technologies are disrupting our current modes of societal organization and governance. Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World is thought-provoking and a wonderful complement to many of the books I've covered in previous episodes. I hope you enjoy listening to my conversation with Lene, and I invite you to check out the rest of her work at https://www.lenerachelandersen.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
So what is metamodernity you may ask, and what does it have to do with systems thinking and cybernetics? Well, I recently had a chance to find out for myself during my conversation with Lene Rachel Andersen about her book Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World (Nordic Bildung, 2019). The short answer is metamodernity is a systems perspective; "it is about seeing the world as a process and not as fixed circumstances, a world in which there are not isolated phenomena but where everything is interconnected and interdependent..." (p. 94). The book's premise is that as our old understandings and the answers we get from them are insufficient, the ways we are used to reacting and behaving do not work well anymore either. Our cultural compass cannot contain and judge the world properly because the challenges we are facing were not a part of our world when we came of age and learned what the world was like. More than a cultural trend (or 'ism'), metamodernity is a meaning-making code—one that encompasses cultural codes from every epoch of the human experience. Andersen argues that "we need metamodern minds that can relate to the intimate indigenous, the existential premodern, the democratic & scientific modern, and the deconstructing postmodern simultaneously" (p. 128). It is only through this synthesis and adoption of the metamodern code, she stresses, that we'll have the capacity to make good decisions to guide the necessary changes to our current systems and institutions. The 'hyper-modern' alternative is not a good one; think: much an exaggerated version of what will turn out to be mere glimpses of what we're seeing right now—such as rise in authoritarianism, surveillance society, extreme inequality, and of course, climate change. Metamodernity provides us with a framework for understanding ourselves and our societies in a more complex way. Metamodernity is a way of strengthening local, national, continental, and global cultural heritage among all. It thus has the potential to dismantle the fear of losing one's culture as the global economy as well as the internet and exponential technologies are disrupting our current modes of societal organization and governance. Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World is thought-provoking and a wonderful complement to many of the books I've covered in previous episodes. I hope you enjoy listening to my conversation with Lene, and I invite you to check out the rest of her work at https://www.lenerachelandersen.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory
So what is metamodernity you may ask, and what does it have to do with systems thinking and cybernetics? Well, I recently had a chance to find out for myself during my conversation with Lene Rachel Andersen about her book Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World (Nordic Bildung, 2019). The short answer is metamodernity is a systems perspective; "it is about seeing the world as a process and not as fixed circumstances, a world in which there are not isolated phenomena but where everything is interconnected and interdependent..." (p. 94). The book's premise is that as our old understandings and the answers we get from them are insufficient, the ways we are used to reacting and behaving do not work well anymore either. Our cultural compass cannot contain and judge the world properly because the challenges we are facing were not a part of our world when we came of age and learned what the world was like. More than a cultural trend (or 'ism'), metamodernity is a meaning-making code—one that encompasses cultural codes from every epoch of the human experience. Andersen argues that "we need metamodern minds that can relate to the intimate indigenous, the existential premodern, the democratic & scientific modern, and the deconstructing postmodern simultaneously" (p. 128). It is only through this synthesis and adoption of the metamodern code, she stresses, that we'll have the capacity to make good decisions to guide the necessary changes to our current systems and institutions. The 'hyper-modern' alternative is not a good one; think: much an exaggerated version of what will turn out to be mere glimpses of what we're seeing right now—such as rise in authoritarianism, surveillance society, extreme inequality, and of course, climate change. Metamodernity provides us with a framework for understanding ourselves and our societies in a more complex way. Metamodernity is a way of strengthening local, national, continental, and global cultural heritage among all. It thus has the potential to dismantle the fear of losing one's culture as the global economy as well as the internet and exponential technologies are disrupting our current modes of societal organization and governance. Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World is thought-provoking and a wonderful complement to many of the books I've covered in previous episodes. I hope you enjoy listening to my conversation with Lene, and I invite you to check out the rest of her work at https://www.lenerachelandersen.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics
So what is metamodernity you may ask, and what does it have to do with systems thinking and cybernetics? Well, I recently had a chance to find out for myself during my conversation with Lene Rachel Andersen about her book Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World (Nordic Bildung, 2019). The short answer is metamodernity is a systems perspective; "it is about seeing the world as a process and not as fixed circumstances, a world in which there are not isolated phenomena but where everything is interconnected and interdependent..." (p. 94). The book's premise is that as our old understandings and the answers we get from them are insufficient, the ways we are used to reacting and behaving do not work well anymore either. Our cultural compass cannot contain and judge the world properly because the challenges we are facing were not a part of our world when we came of age and learned what the world was like. More than a cultural trend (or 'ism'), metamodernity is a meaning-making code—one that encompasses cultural codes from every epoch of the human experience. Andersen argues that "we need metamodern minds that can relate to the intimate indigenous, the existential premodern, the democratic & scientific modern, and the deconstructing postmodern simultaneously" (p. 128). It is only through this synthesis and adoption of the metamodern code, she stresses, that we'll have the capacity to make good decisions to guide the necessary changes to our current systems and institutions. The 'hyper-modern' alternative is not a good one; think: much an exaggerated version of what will turn out to be mere glimpses of what we're seeing right now—such as rise in authoritarianism, surveillance society, extreme inequality, and of course, climate change. Metamodernity provides us with a framework for understanding ourselves and our societies in a more complex way. Metamodernity is a way of strengthening local, national, continental, and global cultural heritage among all. It thus has the potential to dismantle the fear of losing one's culture as the global economy as well as the internet and exponential technologies are disrupting our current modes of societal organization and governance. Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World is thought-provoking and a wonderful complement to many of the books I've covered in previous episodes. I hope you enjoy listening to my conversation with Lene, and I invite you to check out the rest of her work at https://www.lenerachelandersen.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics
Synergos Cultivate the Soul: Stories of Purpose-Driven Philanthropy
Tomas Björkman is an author, social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation Listen to hear Tomas’ worldview that we are at a time of great transformation with an urgent need to increase our collective consciousness. His aim is to connect inner development to create societal change and he does this by providing safe spaces for individuals and groups to cultivate their inner capacities. Tomas Björkman is an author and social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, of the Co-creation Loft and the media platform Emerge in Berlin and the 29k.org personal development platform. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royals Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is also the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016) , The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). He divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lene Rachel Andersen & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the meaning of Bildung & the growing Bildung movement, inspired by last week's Global Bildung Festival. They discuss easily transferable “horizontal” knowledge vs. emotional, social, & bodily development, the need to confront exponentially increasing rates of change, appropriate learning for appropriate ages, the wasted effort … Continue reading Currents 043: Lene Rachel Andersen on Bildung → The post Currents 043: Lene Rachel Andersen on Bildung appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.
Timotheus Vermeulen talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey about the development of "metamodernism," a paradigm for understanding art and culture after postmodernism. After discussing the original impetus for and formation of the idea, he reflects on the continued relevance of the paradigm today, more than a decade after he and colleague Robin van den Akker first proposed it in their seminal 2010 article, "Notes on Metamodernism." More recent applications and deployments of the term "metamodernism" outside cultural studies proper (e.g., by Hanzi Freinacht, Lene Rachel Andersen, Tomas Björkman, Jonathan Rowson and Layman Pascal) are also considered. The conversation concludes with a look to the future of metamodernism, and a consideration of how it is playing out in the realm of contemporary spirituality. 00:00 Introduction 01:56 Beginnings: Coining "Metamodernism" for a New Cultural Sensibility 09:25 Is Metamodernism the "Dominant Structure of Feeling"? An Uneven Distribution 17:57 Roots: The Meta-Crisis, Internet 2.0, and a New Generation 27:23 Manifestations: Pragmatic Idealism on Left and Right: Informed Naivete and Relativist Absolutism 38:41 On Recent Developments: Cultural Metamodernism vs. Political/Developmental Metamodernism 56:19 Currents and Horizons: Depthiness and Metamodern Spirituality: 'Truth,' 'Transcendence,' and the Search for Meaning after Postmodernism 1:09:52 Political Metamodernism as Metamodern Cultural Production 1:15:36 Where Are We Going? Metamodernism as a Time Between Worlds
Brendan Graham Dempsey talks to Lene Rachel Andersen, author of Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World, about navigating different cultural codes, updating traditions, and sense-making in today's world. 0:00 Introduction 3:20 Metamodern-ism vs. Metamodern-ity 5:34 Seeing All Four Previous Cultural Codes 11:15 Updating through Addition 13:01 Metamodern Oscillation between Postmodern and Pre-postmodern (Indigenous, Classical, Modern) 18:08 Cultural Code-Switching 27:02 Code Antagonism and Limits 23:29 Code Pluralism and Sense-Making 34:44 A Corner of the Iron Age in 2021 39:03 Premodern Beliefs in a Metamodern World? 47:07 Invention and Religion/Inventing Religion 57:53 Transcendence in the Cultural Codes 1:04:11 Making Meaning, Sense, and Identity after Postmodernism More on Lene's work at: www.NordicBildung.org www.BrendanGrahamDempsey.com
In Episode 5, Gregg welcomes Lene Rachel Andersen. Lene is a futurist, philosopher, and award winning author of several books, including The Nordic Secret: A European Story of Beauty and Freedom, and Metamodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World. Lene is a leader of the European Bildung Network, which promotes the concept of "bildung," which refers to the interplay between education and knowledge that are necessary for a thriving society. In this interview, she shares her vision for a metamodern society shaped by the educational philosophy of bildung. Here is brief clip on her vision for government and reflective politics. https://youtu.be/zSAEJN31NtE The European Bildung Network: https://europeanbildung.net/ Lene Rachel Andersen's homepage: https://www.lenerachelandersen.com/ The Nordic Secret: A European Story of Beauty and Freedom: https://www.amazon.com/dp/9188589102/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_DQ4F2ZEGF814G7Y33AAS Metamodernity: Meaning and hope in a complex world: https://www.amazon.com/dp/8793791011/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_XC3JXB63CX3DCR80K0NM
With each episode of the Third Turn Podcast we host a conversation among leaders who want the world to flourish for generations beyond their lifetimes. Lene Rachel Andersen does this in spades. As a Danish futurist and Bildung renaissance leader, Lene digs into the topics of Metamodernity and Bildung. Join us for a special Part 2 of our conversation with Lene. Your Hosts: Mark L. Vincent, Founder of Design Group International and the Society for Process Consulting. He also directs the Convene Consulting Network, and facilitates Maestro-level leaders. Jeanette Robért, Executive Director of Expansion with, the employee care service, Marketplace Chaplains. Find out more about The Third Turn Podcast by visiting thirdturnpodcast.com. Jennifer Miller, who runs a marketing consultancy firm called, Strategically Connected, is our producer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
With each episode of the Third Turn Podcast we host a conversation among leaders who want the world to flourish for generations beyond their lifetimes. Lene Rachel Andersen does this in spades. As a Danish futurist and Bildung renaissance leader, Lene digs into the topics of Metamodernity and Bildung. Your Hosts: Mark L. Vincent, Founder of Design Group International and the Society for Process Consulting. He also directs the Convene Consulting Network, and facilitates Maestro-level leaders. Jeanette Robért, Executive Director of Expansion with, the employee care service, Marketplace Chaplains. Find out more about The Third Turn Podcast by visiting thirdturnpodcast.com. Jennifer Miller, who runs a marketing consultancy firm called, Strategically Connected, is our producer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Fagbidder er en podcast produceret af Biblioteket Frederiksberg, der giver dig et hurtigt indblik i en ny og aktuel fagbog. I denne episode er det forfatter, forlægger og civiløkonom Lene Rachel Andersen, der fortæller om sin seneste bog, Dannelse: At blive et større menneske. I bogen argumenterer Andersen for, at den folkeoplysnings og folkedannelsestradition, som blev startet af Grundtvig med den danske folkehøjskole, har været uvurderlig i forhold til at skabe det velstående videnssamfund vi lever i i dag. Dannelse er dog, ifølge Andersen, lige så relevant i dag, som det var dengang, og der er ifølge hende behov for, at vi får opdateret vores dannelsesbegreb til den komplekse samtid vi lever i nu.