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On Belonging
- Author
- Kim Samuel
- Narrator
- Erica Sullivan
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 13 September 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 29 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In an age of social isolation, what does it mean to belong?
Humanity is at an inflection point. Stress, disconnection, and increasing environmental degradation have people yearning for more than just material progress, personal freedom, or political stability. We are searching for deeper connection. We are longing to belong.
On Belonging is an exploration of the crisis of social isolation and of the fundamental human need to belong. It considers belonging across four core dimensions:
Our relationships with other people,
Our rootedness in nature,
Our ability to influence political and economic decision making, and
Our finding of meaning and purpose in our lives, with lessons on how to create communities centered on human connection.
A trailblazing advocate and thought leader on questions of social connectedness, Kim Samuel introduces listeners to leaders around the world who are doing the work to cultivate belonging.
Whether through sports, medicine, music, business, culture, or advocacy, the people and programs in this book offer us meaningful lessons on building a world where we all feel at home
Critics Review
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“Captivating profiles of what connection and community look like in action…This compassionate journalistic treatise on building more inclusive communities hits the mark.”
Publishers Weekly
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“Erica Sullivan narrates with a lithe and melodic pitch palette that adds notable beauty to the listening…She provides warmth and relaxed pacing that add inviting softness to Kim Samuel’s perspectives and worldly wisdom.”
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“Kim Samuel traveled the world to study the human need to belong and why so many don’t. Drawing on a stunning array of conversations, Samuel has written an important book that shows a path to a more connected future.”
Mary Jordan, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author
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“Through powerful storytelling and analysis, this book helps us turn our focus to what really matters. On Belonging is an important book for the times in which we’re living.”
Wade Davis, professor of anthropology, University of British Columbia
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“On Belonging is a roadmap for escaping the isolation that has become so prevalent today. Kim Samuel shows the value of belonging and positions it at the center of nearly every facet of human life.”
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch
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“Shows how we can help build a world of love, respect, and trust. It’s a guide to how our whole society can operate on the principle of harmony. We can’t live without human connection. This book shows how we can all overcome the disconnection and reawaken the beauty.”
Quincy Jones, multiaward-winning music, film, and television producer
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Details
- Author
- Kim Samuel
- Narrator
- Erica Sullivan
- Duration
- 11 hours 29 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9798212232692
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Sociology, Social work, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Coping with stress
Synopsis
In an age of social isolation, what does it mean to belong?Humanity is at an inflection point. Stress, disconnection, and increasing environmental degradation have people yearning for more than just material progress, personal freedom, or political stability. We are searching for deeper connection. We are longing to belong.On Belonging is an exploration of the crisis of social isolation and of the fundamental human need to belong. It considers belonging across four core dimensions:Our relationships with other people,Our rootedness in nature,Our ability to influence political and economic decision making, andOur finding of meaning and purpose in our lives, with lessons on how to create communities centered on human connection. A trailblazing advocate and thought leader on questions of social connectedness, Kim Samuel introduces listeners to leaders around the world who are doing the work to cultivate belonging.Whether through sports, medicine, music, business, culture, or advocacy, the people and programs in this book offer us meaningful lessons on building a world where we all feel at home
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