Reality Overload
The Modern World's Assault on the Imaginal Realm
$39.97
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2008
Summary
A powerful critique of the increasing mechanization and homogenization of modern life.
- Shows how the constant force-feeding of too much information dispossesses us of our deepest connections.
- Describes a link between the destruction of the environment with the assault on our individuality, creativity, and ability to think for ourselves.
What underlies the many problems of the modern world—from accelerating rates of extinction and desertification to the in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594772443 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1594772444 |
| Author: | Annie Le Brun |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 153mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“This is an astonishing book, one of the best crafted books I’ve read… . an intellectual tour de force , raising provocative issues and warrants an in-depth review.”
“It’s a common complaint that we have more information than we know what to do with. Annie Le Brun reveals that the problem is not just information overload, it’s lack of imagination and an information-drenched reality. The Reality Overload will make you think twice about what really matters.” * Christian de Quincey, author of Radical Knowing and Consciousness from Zombies to Angels *
“Annie Le Brun skillfully defines why we have lost our natural balance and points the way to regaining harmony with ourselves and the world. A timely and eloquent resource, The Reality Overload offers a journey of awakening and revitalization. I encourage you to embark on it.” * Kenneth Smith, author of Awakening the Energy Body *
“This is an astonishing book, one of the best crafted books I’ve read… . an intellectual tour de force, raising provocative issues and warrants an in-depth review.” * Jeff Farrow, reviewer, Jan 2009 *
” … challenging, yet resonant and rewarding work for ones familiar with the prevailing understandings of postmodernism.” * Henry Berry, reviewer, The Midwest Book Review, Dec 2008 *
“The author links many modern ills to this information overload fact, discussing relationships between ecology, human actions, and the abandonment of the magical realm and dreams … a pick for both new age and philosophy collections.” * The Midwest Book Review, Jan 2009 *
“The Reality Overload is an intriguing treatise on modern society, highly recommended.” * Library Bookwatch of The Midwest Book Review, Feb 2009 *
“But it is as a poet that Annie Le Brun offers us perhaps what we lack most of all: a sensibility grown transparent through an understanding of negation as by an exaltation of the imagination; the imagination of the body. And it is this sensibility that she brings to The Reality Overload.” * Allan Graubard, reviewer, Aug 2009 *
“An excellent book that makes a much-needed connection. Imagine a world in which we “green” the realm of meaning and fantasy in addition to just the material world!” * Jason Louv, Dangerous Minds, Feb 2010 *
About The Author
Annie Le Brun
Annie Le Brun (1942–2024) was a poet and essayist who was a member of the French surrealist group during its later years. She wrote books on subjects as varied as the work of Raymond Roussell and the war in the former Yugoslavia. Her groundbreaking work on the Marquis de Sade has been translated into English as Sade: A Sudden Abyss. She lived in Paris.
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