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Returning to Reality: Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological Age
Returning to Reality Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological Age Author:Phillip Thompson The way of wisdom is no dream, no temptation and no evasion, for it is on the contrary a return to reality at its very root' said Thomas Merton in his The Contemplative Life in the Modern World.In 'Returning to Reality' Thompson presents Merton (1915-1968) as an inspiration, offering an important critique and healing resources for our technology... more »-saturated culture. Despite the methodological challenges, Thompson pieces together Merton's insights into a coherent and multifaceted analysis of technology and having done so applys this critique to specific technological issues: nuclear weapons, modern communication technologies, and transhumanism.This fascinating study shows afreah how engaged in the modern world Merton was despite his monastic removal from it.« less