Review
A plain-spoken, pragmatic vision of a new politics that transcends the old political "isms." -- Sy Safransky, The Sun Magazine, April 1981
An attractive work of synthesis and summary. . . . Pulls together many strands of thought, feeling, [and] consciousness. -- Henry Steck, Library Journal, March 11, 1980
Satin is steadfastly upbeat, open-armed, self-effacing, and earnest toward friend and foe alike. -- Michael Cummings, Alternative Futures Quarterly, Winter 1981
The indispensible introduction to what is now being called "new age thought." . . . An extremely valuable contribution to contemporary political dialogue. -- John McClaughry, Reason Magazine, August 1980
The themes of New Age politics . . . drawing on decentralist and feminist theories . . . were first articulated [in this book]. -- Harvey Wasserman, The Nation, August 31, 1985
An attractive work of synthesis and summary. . . . Pulls together many strands of thought, feeling, [and] consciousness. -- Henry Steck, Library Journal, March 11, 1980
Satin is steadfastly upbeat, open-armed, self-effacing, and earnest toward friend and foe alike. -- Michael Cummings, Alternative Futures Quarterly, Winter 1981
The indispensible introduction to what is now being called "new age thought." . . . An extremely valuable contribution to contemporary political dialogue. -- John McClaughry, Reason Magazine, August 1980
The themes of New Age politics . . . drawing on decentralist and feminist theories . . . were first articulated [in this book]. -- Harvey Wasserman, The Nation, August 31, 1985
From the Inside Flap
Mark Satin has detected the emergence of a new politics that is implicit in the social and political movements of our time. The spiritual, human-potential, feminist, environmental, and appropriate-technology movements are coming together in a new way and are creating the social context for a New Age politics -- a healing politics that is neither left nor right; interested in finding appropriate solutions to problems -- not simply alternative methods; able to reconcile people to each other's needs; concerned with the specific ethics and political values that will permit everyone to survive, grow, and flourish; equally concerned with the personal and the planetary.
New Age Politics recognizes the correlation between the attitudes and consciousnesses of individuals and the quality of social institutions they foster -- in our time, self and society are characterized by egocentricity, patriarchal attitudes, scientific single vision, the bureaucratic mentality, and the big-city outlook. We must free ourselves from the "prison" created by these attitudes in order to create a New Age society. In New Age Politics Mark Satin describes the ethics, values, and practical steps that are necessary to begin the transformation.
New Age Politics contains an extensive resource section that describes 270 books, 50 periodicals, and 100 New Age-oriented groups.
