Here
Together
Now – a Neo-Humanist Guide to Human Development
Here Together Now is the handbook for
today’s activist. Read this book if you want to see the world
through a humanist lens and identify and work with elements of a
sustainable future that offer the basis for a new globalisation.
Whether your interest is self-improvement, education, community
development or the economic system, you’ll be inspired by examples
of ongoing progress towards all round well being in these and other
areas -- Bruce Dyer,
Manager Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust, New Zealand Delegate to 2002
World Social Forum.
The
authors are to be commended for this practical and engaging book.
While there are many detractors to the current world capitalist
system, there are few practical step-by-step alternatives.
Sarkar's Prout is certainly one of the compelling visions and
alternatives that can pull us out of the contemporary morass. Using
the metaphors of gardening and regeneration, Dada Jitendrananda and
Paul Wildman provide us with a valuable road map of neo-humanistic
futures -- Sohail
Inayatullah, Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan; University of
the Sunshine Coast Australia.
Author: Understanding Sarkar; Situating Sarkar; and co-editor,
Transcending Boundaries.
"Alternative
visions are crucial at this moment in history. PROUT's co-operative
model of economic democracy, based on cardinal human values and
sharing of the planet for the welfare of everyone, deserves our
serious consideration." --
Noam Chomsky
"PROUT is the alternative to Capitalism and Communism." --
Ravi Batra, Economist and
Author
"PROUT is very important for grass roots groups and for all who
yearn for a liberation which starts from economics and opens to the
totality of personal and social human existence." -- Leonardo
Boff, Founder of Liberation Theology
We
hope this CD-Rom and book will equip you with food for thought,
inspiration, knowledge and directions to change the world inside and
out --
Dada
Jitendrananda
and
Paul Wildman
Ordering
information:
Prosperity
Press PO 208 Wavell Heights 4012 Brisbane Queensland.
Fax
via. +61 7 32667570
Email
via pwildman@optusnet.com.au
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The
book is laid out in three equal parts in all covering just over
200pgs:
Part
1:
A Neo-Humanist Guide to Human Development
Part
2:
Grow Your Own People’s Economy
Part
3:
Linking you and the parts of the book
a)
The Neo-Humanist Regeneration Wheel
b)
Backgrounding the People’s Economy
Part 1 Introducing Neo-Humanism
1
Capitalism,
Humanism and Neo-Humanism
2
Understanding
Human Nature
3
Education
for Neo-Humanism
4
Social
Sentiments and Neo-Humanism
5
Community
Solutions
6
The
Economics of Neo-Humanism
Part
2 Practical steps for Developing a People’s Economy
1
Background
2
The care and feeding of your community economy
A
Gardening tools - Forks, Spades, Picks, Rakes, and Watering as
Community
Economic
Development tools
B
The Soil - Getting your Community Economy ready for local
development
C
Organic fertilizers - Developing an enterprise culture
D
Preparation of the garden - Choice of a community economic
development action
E
Planting Guide - Implementing your chosen action
3.
Plant your CED idea
Part 3
Linking you and the two parts of the book
Section
1: The Neo-Humanist Regeneration Wheel
Section
2: Designing Your Own People’s Economy
Phase
I: Conceptualising a People’s Economy
Phase
2: Designing a People’s Economy
Phase
3: Getting Behind the Wheel—Implementing a People’s Economy
Conclusion
Appendix
A: The Community Design Studio—the Charette
B: The Community Charter
About
the Authors
Dada
Jitendrananda
has been teaching self-realisation skills for over 20 years.
Originally from Ireland, Dada spent 14 years in Japan where his work
included
organising
lecture tours for the noted economist, Dr Ravi Batra. Now in
Oceania, Dada continues to teach meditation and work for social and
economic alternatives such as Prout, that can build vital
communities.
Contact:
51 Sussex Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand dadajii@hotmail.com
Paul
Wildman
is a community futurist and has been working and publishing in the
people’s economy area for over 15 years.
Currently he assists community groups develop strategic plans
and advocates on behalf of people’s economic development from a
futures perspective. One
of the major projects he is involved with is developing learning
circles for the generation of work and learning opportunities in the
people’s economy especially in rural areas.
Contact:
PO Box 208 Wavell Heights, Brisbane 4012, Australia pwildman@optusnet.com.au
