Connexity

by G Mulgan (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

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  Why do so many institutions seem stuck in the past? Why do so many relationships break down? How should the individual act when faced with a mass of conflicting information and values? This book attempts to provide radical answers to these questions, addressing the crises facing the planet at the end of the century. It shows that freedom and interdependence are set on a collision course. Basing its argument around the notion of connexity , it argues that the only way out of the impasse is to break down the rigid sense of ourselves as isolated units, and recognize the webs of mutual responsibility in which we live.

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  Paperback
  1998

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  CONNEXITY is the philosophical counterpart to Will Hutton's essentially political book. It looks at the profound tension that exists between two recent achievements of humanity: greater freedom (over how to live, who to love, what to believe and say, where to trade), and greater interdependence, or 'connexity' (through the financial markets, military structures, the internet, the ecosystem). This tension has led to crisis: institutions, including governments, sense themselves to be inadequate; individuals are faced with a mass of conflicting information and values. The issue we face, which will ultimately determine human survival in our densely packed planet, is how the tension between these two can be resolved, and a new order established. Mulgan presents his own powerful solution to this crisis. It is based around the notion of 'connexity': breaking down our rigid sense of ourselves as isolated units and seeing our lives as part of a system, a positive network of co-responsibility.