The cosmic ocean
Subtitle: new answers to big questions
By: Paul K. Chappell
Publisher: Easton Studio Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781632260109
Subjects: Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Peace
Description: The Cosmic Ocean shares the treasures that Paul K. Chappell, a West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran, who grew up in a violent household, has extracted from trauma. To explain how these treasures-which take the form of timeless truths-can help us solve our personal, national, and global problems, this book uses personal stories and extensive research to journey through time, around the world, and into every facet of the human condition. To survive and progress as a global human family, Chappell explains that we need a paradigm shift that can transform our understanding of peace, justice, love, happiness, and what it means to be human. To help create this paradigm shift, The Cosmic Ocean explores diverse subjects such as empathy, rage, nonviolent struggle, war, beauty, religion, philosophy, science, Gandhi, the Iliad, slavery, human sacrifice, video games, sports, and our shared humanity.
Notes: Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed April 11, 2016).
Table of contents: title: Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Author's Note; Preface: The Human Condition; Part I: Our Primordial Past; 1. A Dark Night Filled with Predators; 2. Poseidon's Wrath; 3. Tools Made of Flesh, Blood, and Bones; 4. Soldiers as Christ Figures; Part II: Our Fragile Future; 5. Beauty and Belonging; 6. The Sanity of Humanity; 7. Sailing the Night Sky; 8. The Mystery Beneath the Waves; Notes; Index; Footnotes; Copyright.