New Book: Decenter Everything – The Unconventional Approach to Eldering in an Age of Immaturity
+Overview. +Video. +Audio. Decenter Everything dares us to question the conventional script of later life that drifts from parenting to retirement to death.
After years of writing and publishing poetry collections, I decided to pen my thoughts, reflections, and poetry around what becoming older means to me, in this day and age.
Decenter Everything highlights the current Western elderless landscape and proposes a way forward through an approach I have coined ‘Decentric Eldering’.
Beta-readers have responded with mixed comments and feelings, including a sense of loss, hope and challenging way forward. Many have said it is easy-to-read, but not an easy read.
If, like me, you are mindful about not just being older but the practise of eldering, this book is a great start and provocation.
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Blurb:
Humankind has not been here before. We are now living decades longer than our ancestors. We have never been healthier, wealthier, and soul-stunted. In the West, we have an abundance of older people, but very few authentic elders.
Decenter Everything dares us to question the conventional script of later life that drifts from parenting to retirement to death. For the sake of the world, we must mature towards authentic eldering through intentional displacement; this means decentering anything that demands center-stage – including ourselves.
Through poetry, prose, research, and reflection Decenter Everything proposes five domains requiring decentering: God, being heard, knowledge, death, and consumption. For anyone sensing the hollowness of our elderless culture, here lies a provocative path to reimagining a soulful and sustainable future.
Chapters:
Introduction
Beyond Age and Office
The Great Interruption
False North
Decenter God
Decenter Being Heard
Decenter Knowing
Decenter Death
Decenter Consumption
Where to from here?
+ There are 7 reflection questions following each chapter, making it perfect for discussion groups.
Pages:
140
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Authors referenced:
Stephen Jenkinson, Dr. Bill Plotkin, Carl Jung, Riane Eisler, Robert Bly, Hoffman, Professor Ruha Benjamin, Audra Loure, Dr. Sharon Blackie, Gillette and Moore, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joseph Campbell, Dr. Alexander Shaia, Dr. Bernard Loomer, Patricia Adams Farmer, Richard Beck, David H. Kelsey, Copernicus, C. Baxter Kruger, Richard Rohr OFM, Hermes Trismegistus, Alain of Lille, Blaise Pascal, Fr. Thomas Keating, Cynthia Bourgeault, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Dr. Bradley Jersak, Bayo Akomolafe, Lars Tornstam, Rumi, Ernest Becker, Dr. John Swinton, Linda Stone, Theodore Roosevelt, Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., Felicia Murrell, Marshall McLuhan, David Altheide, Walter Ong, Parisi, David Whyte, Rene’ Girard, Dr. Jim Wilder, Jane Hardwicke Collings, Erick Erickson, Robert Kegan, John O’Donohue.
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