num_pages: 475
description: As we move from the industrial age and its nation state to an internet age with a globalized postindustrial market a question presents itself: What is the next major developmental stage of society after the liberal democracy with a balance between capitalism and welfare state?In this book Hanzi Freinacht offers a compelling answer to this question. We are reaching the limits of modern society and we must work to achieve a metamodern society that is a society which goes beyond modern life and its institutions. The metamodern society of the future is a listening society; a society more sensitive to the inner dimensions of human beings.Drawing upon an elaborate weaving of psychology sociology political science and philosophy this book lands in a positive vision for the future. It shows how a clear description of human psychological growth  how we grow as human beings  can also offer us key insights into how global society can and should evolve in the internet age. A politics that can help humans grow to the later stages of psychological development is also one that can be capable of meeting the staggering challenges of our time.In the first part of the book Hanzi examines the politics and culture of the Nordic countries and shows how these progressive societies offer a fertile ground for metamodern politics. The basis of such metamodern politics is also described. In the second part of the book he turns to developmental psychology describing how humans evolve through a series of stages  and how this matters immensely for the happiness and survival of us all.As this story unfolds  in a uniquely provocative genre breaking manner  you will also glean insight into your own developmental stage and those of people around you.Read with caution.
language: English
title: The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
publisher: Metamoderna ApS