4). A major principle in the Gaian polity is thinking about consciousness in terms of ecology instead of one-sided ideas. In a political culture, Truth can be widely known and contained in a methodology of ideas and ideals. It could possibly be capitalism or communism, Christianity, or Islam. Then, the good is formed from knowing the Truth is correct and maintaining its pureness. Considering the Gaian political culture is that of ecological thinking, some may assume that the Truth is conveyed in the circumstances of relationships and the Truth forgets those conflicts (p.6). From my understanding, it appears that Thompson sees consciousness, religion, science, and any concepts all combined into …show more content…
The book explains that there is a “shift from the linear causation of Galilean dynamics in the early modern era to the complex dynamical systems of our era also expressed a shift from linear modernist ideologies and religions to planetary ecologies of consciousness in which diversity was affirmed”. Additionally, it continues about the evolution, the catastrophe theory, and how it is all about the hieroglyphic thinking. Considering this, it seems to me that there is higher thinking in order to help benefit evolution (Thompson, 2013, p.