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The term participating consciousness was introduced by cultural historian morris berman in the reenchantment of the world 1981 expanding on owen barfields concept of original participation, to describe an ancient mode of human thinking that does not separate the perceiver from the world he or she perceives. Morris berman quotes author of the twilight of american. As a computer scientist, this book hit me like a bomb. Morris berman is an american historian and social critic. Jan 01, 1981 the reenchantment of the world is a perceptive study of our scientific consciousness and a cogent and forceful challenge to its supremacy.
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